Cardinals, Carolina Wrens, and juncos have also been singing more over the last week or two. And Mourning Doves – they will also nest in March if conditions allow. And while most of us associate ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one bird ...