This is George Maurer continuing journey across Sri Lanka and fund raiser for a cure for cancer.
There’s a constant stream of sounds that fill the air at every moment here in the Central Province of Sri Lanka (in ALL of Sri Lanka, for that matter); so constant, that it’s hard to ascertain the hierarchy of sound to begin to start describing. For example, early in the morning, I’ve noticed the sound of a bird whistle (not a chirp, not a caw, but an actual low pitched whistle) that for some darn reason reminds me of Janet, the Muppet in the Muppet band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. You know her…she’s the blonde-haired tambourine player, constantly flipping her long golden Valley Muppet-girl hair and exclaiming “for surrrrre!!” It’s that same flippant use of pitch and cadence that this bird is using. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m imaging something Janet-the-Muppet-like if I ever do see it. Likely it’ll turn out to be more sophisticated than Janet. But you never know.
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