Telephone Birds

[drwhofan]

Is it possible for wild birds to copy the sound of telephones? because I keep hearing them around my garden and they sound very convincing, so I was just wondering if that was their natural "call" or if they've copied off the woman next door whose phone is always ringing.

[Cetti]

Starlings are the most likely culprits as their mimicry is second to none - in this country anyway.

Telephones, mobiles and chickens are just a few, but I'm sure other people will have heard far more than this.

I also know of a Rook that does a brilliant 'Buzzard' - fooling everyone!

[feebee102]

We use to have a bird in our back garden that did a brilliant Trill phone(if you can remember those),had us running into the house regularly.
Also not many yearsago we had one who did the first bars of "I'm a Barbie girl".That use to make us laugh.

[Noweia]

Also agree it's likely to be starlings - I was woken by one some years ago, pretending to be a burglar alarm on my windowsill!

[webbo3]

ive got a bird that does' the first few notes of im a barbie girl,not sure what bird it is tho.

[SteveD]

I apologise for going slightly off topic (unless you live in Australia), but this David Attenborough clip is worth a look:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=343350 7052114896375