Today’s post is a guide for my husband. Knowing how I love birdwatching and the pretty calls of a little bird called a bulbul, he sometimes asks how my day was, followed by “And were there any boerboels on the feeder today, dear?”
Boerboel:
Bulbul:
Part of the difficulty in remembering the names is that to our American ears, the pronunciation of -bul and -boel sound the same.
In any case, I thought I would share our little inside joke:
Happy Tuesday, readers!
Love, Marla
🙂 and interesting
Fun fact: in Turkish, “bülbül” means “nightingale.” I can’t tell from the photos if that’s what you have, but if not, quite a coincidence!
We used to foster a Boerboel; lovely dogs but very strong