The Song of the Nightingale as filmed by Phil 28th April 2009

[fehquig]

Great job on this one... Good camouflage when there's no singing and the bird is looking away from the camera...

[lazmalt]

I really love hear this bird singing :))

[Jinxie228]

wow .. amazing video Phil! Just beautiful! Great job of capturing it!

[Najidal]

Amazing, I consider it a rare video Phil, wonderful singing indeed, I liked the steady shooting of the clip too.

one guy told me that a bird sings this way to attract a mate, if he got one, he will sing no more!.

[lmmsl]

Great clip.. After a long time was able to listen to a nightingale song..Amazing sounds and credit to you Phil for finding this bird and letting us all hear his beautiful songs. I watched many times and favd he makes differant sounds its brilliant.. five stars and over. A very rare video..- Menu

[romapsychic]

love it' Phil' they do sing very nice'

cute! sweet video!5 stars! lol jimarlily!

[MeLady2]

So good!!1

[DsmB2007]

Awesome Phil..!!

THanks for sharing this with us..!!

[scottytoohottie123]

that is so relaxing phil,many thank's for uploading this gem,love and respect scotty and libby:0)

[Riverman1971]

Now this i could cope with in my garden...instead, i have an annoying parrot in a neighbours aviary!!!!

[HappyHag]

Wow, breathtaking!

[bigeeezy]

I have never heard the nightingale before. Thank you my friend

James

[nameofthepen]

Phil, how do you do it? You have a bit of the druid in you, methinks.

The animals never seem to withdraw into themselves because you are near.

This was exquisite. Thank you for all the pleasure you have brought me with your films and your friendship. :-)

[GrandmaDorrie]

What a wonderful range of sounds it makes. Beautiful.

Thank you for sharing.

:)

[ancestralblue]

Ohhh boy, Phil!!! Just wonderrful! What a treat!!!

[Zoltrix67]

Thank you. I hope I am able to get better videos of them with the sun behind me instead of in the camera, but they are such a shy bird, you tend to hear them more than able to view them as they like the thick cover of leaves and bushes.

[Scoppertop]

WOW!!!! It never ceases to amaze me how you are able to get close to the bird in order to film. Thanks, the song made my day!!! S.

[Zoltrix67]

I tried to email you but YT was not having it today for some reason, not even sure if the Share worked ? but I am glad you got to see it my friend and Thank you again. Phil

[Scoppertop]

Nope, Share didn't work, either... and I featured your beautiful "Don't Worry" vid on my page; hope you get a million hits! Hugs, S.

[weeknightingale]

☆☆☆☆☆Thanks for posting this!Fantastic! ♡ ƙarolyn

[Zoltrix67]

Thank you for watching Karolyn and for the info above.

[ajdpadbury]

A gorgeous song she has, great capture Phil! btw youe website is ace, I signed the guestbook earlier!:)

[Zoltrix67]

Thanks Anthony, and it was a HE ;) only the male does the singing but dont tell your wife hehehe Hi Dominika ;)

[moomay11649]

Nice vid. Really nice.

Mooz

[Zoltrix67]

Thank you Carol. They sure can sing beautifully.

[floydstinkyboy]

....Nightingales are named so because they frequently sing at night as well as during the day. The name has been used for well over 1,000 years, being highly recognizable even in its Anglo-Saxon form - 'nihtingale'. It means 'night songstress'.

[Zoltrix67]

Another interestng fact, is that it is the male bird that does the singing. Maybe now, the insects will not be so many in the trees, they love to eat them hehe. Hard to film because of the areas in which they prefer to inhabit.

[floydstinkyboy]

wiki says: It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in forest and scrub in Europe and south-west Asia. The distribution is more southerly than the very closely related Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia. It nests on the ground within or next to dense bushes. It winters in southern Africa.

[Zoltrix67]

Thanks Floyd... I knew about the nesting, but am no good at remembering Latin names and now you mention it, "Songtress" does ring a bell. The info was much appreciated.

[Plutonwolf]

I agree with bugsinrug and I too wonder if they habituate around western Pennsylvania! Such a lovely song and so very familiar! I always thought it was from a bird that imitated other birds because the song is so varied!

Great capture Phil, I also hope you and your loved ones are doing Okay.

Bright Blessings

Mike

[Zoltrix67]

Hi Mike and thanks. I dont think they are in America, but I could be wrong, I was always led to believe that they Migrate from Africa to the UK in Summer. They are the birds of the poets too. They have just started to return to the Reserve. So far, I have only heard 5 of them. More will come soon :)

[weeknightingale]

The Northern American Mockingbird is a world-famous singer, considered equal to the Nightingale of Europe.Mimus polyglottos ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: MIMIDAE

Had to look this up. ♡ ƙarolyn

[Zoltrix67]

Thanks for that information too Karolyn. I dont know all the birds and some I have seen and heard of, but not here in the UK where I live. I would love to see and hear them in person.

[nameofthepen]

Weeknightingale - yes! It reminded me of our Mockingbirds as I was listening.

Mockingbirds each have their own repertoire, pieced together from things they have heard, and decided to mimic.

Once I lived near the territory of one who could sing for 30-45 minutes straight and never repeat himself.

He also had, IMHO, excellent taste, because I loved everything he had chosen to "cover", lol.

[Meissie35]

Superb Phil ! What an awesome close up of this amazing bird ! I never seen one... so thanks a LOT that you shared this with us. The boys are watching it now; they love it ! (and learn a lot by watching)

-x-

Annet

[Zoltrix67]

Thanks Annet and Hi to Thomas and Aaron and of course little Sarah. :)

[bugsinrug]

Aww...what a lovely song it has. It sounds vaguely familiar. I wonder..do you know if Nightingales can be found in Ontario Canada? Thanks Phil, hugs, Chris

[Zoltrix67]

Thanks Chris. Im not sure if they are in Canada, they do like the warner weather, not to good in the cold. But I would imagine they would be there some where.