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Calidris maritima pipes 'weak wit',
Gypactus barbatus thinly cries 'queer',
the Pheasant's 'cork cock' oft' delights the ear,
the Little Stint, when flushed, has a sharp 'tit',
Calidris alba calls on us to 'quit',
the Reed Bunting's alarm call 'shit' rings clear.
Is this Calidris canutus we hear?
Hark! a low 'nut', in flight, a whistling 'twit'.
But what is this deep sighing 'oo-oo-oo'
more moaning than Strix aluco? 'Quick quick!'
Turnix sylvatica's 'croo croo crooo CROOO'
bursts from a bush. A hard explosive 'prik'
(from Coccothraustes coccothraustes sends
exciting vibes to sensitive nerve-ends.
- Peter Reading, Ornithological Petrarchan, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
Oh please.
The phat pheasant pleasantly pleaded her plight as she plopped piggishly into the pie.