The 'I can't be arsed Googling it' Thread

kelsen

Can anyone tell me if there is a proper word for the noise that a baby pigeon makes? Trying to formulate an email to the managing agent about a problem with pigeons roosting above our flat.

davis

Coo, that's a toughie.

Kieran_Burns

Would that be "the noise a baby pigeon makes" ?

kelsen

davis wrote:

Coo, that's a toughie.

Not sure that's quite right. I would describe that as the noise an adult pigeon makes, but a baby pigeon is more of a squeak.

CiB

Use the voice recorder on your phone to capture it then email that, as KB rightly says as an attachment named The_Noise_A_Baby_Pigeon_Makes.MP3. That would be nearly as easy as Googling it probably.

kelsen

In the end I referred to it as 'the sound of baby pigeons', but appreciate your input guys

bompington

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=the+noise+a+baby+pigeon+makes

Hoopdriver

What s the sentence in which you plan to use this word?

team47b

I know it's too late but in case it is still relevant...

Baby pigeons make sounds by snapping their beaks or hissing, they do not make any other sounds so if you have noisy pigeon neighbours it must be adults that are making the noise.

Can't believe the stuff that I post about!

kelsen

"I can hear baby pigeons :?: ing so they must be roosting up there"

Does the hissing sound like a bit like a whistle because that's what can be heard sometimes?

team47b

If the pigeons are nesting 'up there', there could also be other nesting birds too like starlings, their young are able to vocalise like most baby birds (except pigeons) and are very noisy, they shriek and whistle. Starlings are also able to mimic sounds, we had one in our loft that made a sound like a chicken! :shock:

walkingbootweather

It might just be your accent, but I think Bradley Wiggins sounds a bit like baby pigeons. :roll:

bompington

What's orange and sounds like a parrot?



















A carrot.

SimonAH

The reason that you never see baby pigeons is that pigeons are, in fact, the larval form of a much larger creature. There is no such thing as a baby pigeon.

The adult form resembles an earwig, but has eleven pairs of legs and was the foundation of Col. Sander's fortune. It also shits coleslaw.

TheEnglishman

team47b wrote:

If the pigeons are nesting 'up there',

This is a thinly veiled euphemism for something unspeakable, isn't it?

bennett_346

Whats the name of that bird that makes an irregularly loud sound like a rattlesnake?

Been woken up by that fella too many times now...

Hoopdriver

bennett_346 wrote:

Whats the name of that bird that makes an irregularly loud sound like a rattlesnake?

Been woken up by that fella too many times now...

A pterodactyl

negativelycra

bennett_346 wrote:

Whats the name of that bird that makes an irregularly loud sound like a rattlesnake?

Been woken up by that fella too many times now...

Victoria beckham?

team47b

bennett_346 wrote:

Whats the name of that bird that makes an irregularly loud sound like a rattlesnake?

Been woken up by that fella too many times now...

That will be a barn owl. Usually the owlet.

spuddle

Chances are that if you have to look up the proper word, if there is one, will the agent know what it means either?!

Kieran_Burns

TheEnglishman wrote:

team47b wrote:

If the pigeons are nesting 'up there',

This is a thinly veiled euphemism for something unspeakable, isn't it?

ARMAGEDDON!

kelsen

team47b wrote:

bennett_346 wrote:

Whats the name of that bird that makes an irregularly loud sound like a rattlesnake?

Been woken up by that fella too many times now...

That will be a barn owl. Usually the owlet.

team47b, are you in any way involved in ornithology? You seem to be very clued up about birds.

team47b

Just like birds!

schweiz

The chorus of this song describes it quite well....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNSTerj2Kc