English Bird Imitations - Whistling Solo by Edward Avis

Bird song imitations of the Willow Warbler, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Yellow-Hammer, Blackcap, and Song-Thrush.

A Columbia 80rpm Graphophone record from Emlyn Antiques Centre played on a vintage Ultra 6018 record player.


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[atomicchicken7]

His real name was Martin Sullivan. He was my (great uncle.)

[Yacobel]

@atomicchicken7 - Fantastic! What a Great Uncle to have! Did you know him?

Thanks so much for your comment. I could find very little about him online when I searched (some time ago now mind..)

[owtatowttowt]

bird immitators & whistlers are my favourite. any Sibyl Sanderson-Fagan or Joe Belmont?

[Yacobel]

@owtatowttowt . Afraid not, this is the only one I have I think..

[atomicchicken7]

@pwoehlkers

It's so interesting to hear his voice. We used to have the old wax cylinders with his bird calls on them. Glad to know about his trip in the 1920s.

[atomicchicken7]

@Yacobel

I never met him. He was gone by the time I was born....But there are a lot of stories about him in the family. We used to have the old wax cylinders of his bird imitations and of course bird imitations were considered fine entertainment in the late Victorian period. He'd travel a great deal, (and always brought back things for his sisters). The family story is he could lure any bird up onto the front porch in Thompsonville Connecticut.

[owtatowttowt]

okay. thanks for replying.

[pwoehlkers]

Thank you for sharing this. Avis specialized in American bird calls (featured on Thornton Burgess's Radio Nature League) but took a trip to England in the 1920s specifically to learn these songs.