Read the passage given below and answer the question: Usually the first question I ask a newbie birder is, “What do you think is the most important physical requisite to be a birder? Your eyes, your ears, your nose or any other?”" Most often, the answer is “eyes”, but several do home into what is the most important faculty – at least, according to me: your ears. Spotting birds in foliage is hard enough, but if you hear them, you know they are there." But early the other morning, I realised it went much beyond that. The first bird call I heard as I left the house for my walk was the madcap ringing laugh of black-rumped flameback, earlier known as the golden-backed woodpecker. It was a wild, exultant laugh that set the tone and mood for the entire day. And then I realised that every bird call evokes a different reaction, memory or emotion in the listener." Indian mynas, for example, invariably remind me of people in Delhi – always ready to argue and pick a fight, belligerent and in your face. Yet, they taught me not to make sweeping generalisations because when a pair perch on the window sill in the afternoons, they have meaningful civilised conversations with each other. There is inquiry, humour and affection in their voices. ...belligerent in your face. The underlined word nearly means the same as :