Blackbird the favorite in Holland

January 3, 2010 in In the News, Blackbirds and Europe with 2 comments

The Dutch radio program Vroege Vogels ("Early Birds") surveyed about 5000 people to find the favorite bird song in the Netherlands. The Blackbird came out on top, beating #2 Nightingale (Nachtegaal), #3 Song Thrush (Zanglijster), and 97 other Dutch birds. The entire list, including a photo of each bird and a sample of its song, can be found here: Dutch Bird Top 100. It's a neat way to see some of the most common birds of the Netherlands and hear what they sound like! We've got quite a few European birds here at Birdorable, including several of the Dutch favorites. Here are a few of them. The Dutch names are listed below.

#1 Merel (Blackbird) #4 Roodborst (Robin) #5 Winterkoning (Winter Wren) #10 Putter (European Goldfinch) #15 Vink (Chaffinch) #21 Kievit (Northern Lapwing) #26 Pimpelmees (Blue Tit) #56 IJsvogel (Common Kingfisher)

Comments

Ashira on January 3, 2010 at 10:17 PM wrote:

Aww! I love blackbirds. c: I absolutely love Lapwings, too. <3 I hope I'll get to see a live one someday. . .

abigail on June 5, 2010 at 2:43 PM wrote:

sad you always see dead ones! but at times i hate Blackbirds! because they annoy me with their chirps, and they poop all over, and then they eat all your leftover picnic food!

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