Pizzey's Perch

The loons have been talk­ing more fre­quent­ly of late, the haunt­ing call known as the “wail”. One of four sounds loons use to com­mu­ni­cate, ornithol­o­gists believe its few notes speak vol­umes. Human com­mu­ni­ca­tion, by com­par­i­son increas­ing­ly brings to mind the first lines of Har­ry Nilsson’s sig­na­ture song: “Every­body’s talk­ing at me/I don’t hear a word they’re saying/Only the echoes of my mind”.… Read the rest