The day I stopped using a fancy bird call app and just whistled instead

I spent two years trying to get cardinals to come closer with a $30 app on my phone, but they'd always fly off when I hit play. Last week I started whistling a simple tune while filling my feeder, and now a male cardinal perches on the fence every morning waiting for me. Has anyone else had better luck with just their own voice over those high-tech gadgets?

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king.jordan13d ago

Whistling brought in a raccoon family for me. I was just messing around trying to whistle the tune from The Andy Griffith Show, and next thing I know three raccoons are staring at me from the woodpile. They came back every night for a week. Now I just grumble at my coffee and the birds stay put.

rowanbennett13d ago

The raccoon whistle thing is wild but nobody talks about how whistling can mess with your own sense of time. Like you start whistling and suddenly the whole morning disappears and you've been standing there for 45 minutes just zoned out. Those raccoons probably thought you were part of the routine.