"You're really mean ‘cause you don’t like the singing of them pretty little birdies." I've posted those comments that boiled down to something other than: I welcome your suggestions for the other hours of the day.įrom 1998 thru late 2003 I solicited reactions from visitors to this site who had received a singing bird clock as a gift. I hope to be able to replace the sound chip itself with something upon which I can record my own selections I think John Cleese yelling "Albatross!" at noon might be suitable. Undoing four screws gave me access to the clock face, over which I placed a circle of marbleized gift-wrap paper - saved from a present from a friend with taste. So, what have I done with my clock? Removing two of the three AA-cells silenced the chirps. I find a precisely scheduled, quartz crystal controlled birdsong In spite of this, I find theĬoncept of this clock creation disturbing in the same way that I am creeped out by Wildlife feeding station well supplied in my back yard. I hold two degrees in Biology, and keep a The clocks will blend well into any décor that features gingham checks and used horse collars.ĭon’t get me wrong - I’m no nature hater. Additionally, the face of the clock is adorned with illustrations of the appropriate birds that would surely make James Audubon turn over in his grave. There is even a variation known as the "Barking Dog Clock" that features - you guessed it - the barks of twelve different breeds of dog.Ĭommon features of the clocks are a light sensitive sensor that supposedly prevents theĬlock from "singing" all night long, and a drum-like plastic body - even on the high-end wooden models - which amplifies the "tic-tic-tic" of the clock mechanism to a level high enough to carry nearly as far as the bird-songs. Mine includes the "Great Horned Owl" and the "Tufted Titmouse". There is also some variation in which bird songs are represented. There are model approved by various nature societies. There are desk-top models, as well as wall clocks in wood or plastic, round or dodecagonal.
(I personally fail to grasp the tie-in between birds chirping and the relative humidity). Range of budgets, from $15 to nearly $70 for a model with built-in weather instruments There are models of this hideous abuse of nature available in price ranges to suit a In 1998, a number of different manufacturers grabbed onto a "bird song microchip" and spliced it into a third-world clock mechanism to create a variety of "Singing Bird Clocks" aimed at consumers whos entire thought process runs something like: In past years, the products have included:Īnd a host of others that all share the common element of going directly from gift package to top shelf of the darkest closet in the home. Every year there is some mega-hyped and utterly useless product foisted upon the American public around the holiday season.
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