Bird Talk
overheard by Ann Jonas
Birdwatchers use memory phrases to help them remember the songs of different birds. From hiyah hiyah hiyah hiyah (herring gull), kit-kit-kitter-kitter (eastern kingbird), and eat-it-all eat-it-all, eat-it-all (mockingbird) to chick-a-dee-dee-dee (black-capped chickadee), drink your tea, drink your tea (rufous-sided towhee) and hot-dog-pickle-ickle-ickle (rufous-sided towhee), it'll have kids listening to nature sounds instead of their iPods.
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