International Dawn Chorus Day & Birdsong Free Online

[Bob]

The first Sunday in every May is International Dawn Chorus Day.

To celebrate, this year I've have had some fun putting together Birdsong Free Online - a page of chirpy links to explore and enjoy.

Bird lovers, please feel free to post your own anecdotes, likes, dislikes, suggestions, whatever either here in this thread or in the comments on the birdsong page:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/cont...ree-online.htm

Enjoy
Bob

Special thanks to site editor Tony

[Bob]

I'm sorry - this thread is not so topical for Louisiana.

[Jojoyee]

Bob, how about a bird avator for International Dawn Chorus Day.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Jojoyee

Bob, how about a bird avatar for International Dawn Chorus Day.

I was trying to protect my id... Oh well, here goes!

[Jojoyee]

Looks good. What's name of the bird, a sample sound clip?

[Bob]

Thanks JJ

Erm, yes... it's a Great Tit

Song videos here and here
Plenty more great tit soundbites on Xenocanto here (scroll down).

[Bob]

I've just stumbled on this recent science blog entitled

"What do Great Tits Reveal about the Genetics of Personality?"

Apparently,

"When DRD4 binds dopamine, this interaction influences novelty seeking and exploratory behavior in a range of species, including humans and birds."

[I could see myself gettting into lots of interesting trouble here... if only it would bind! ]

[Bob]

Joking apart... I find individual birdsong traits seriously fascinating.

For example, I've read that the male common blackbird (Turdus merula) builds up his own personal song repertoire year after year. And the songs he composes get more and more elaborate over time. So you can listen out for a particularly expert composer. Each morning and evening he displays his own collection of songs. And what a wonderful songster he is! ( example)

[Jojoyee]

That's good. A Great Tit with a sample of two seconds birdsong.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Jojoyee

That's good. A Great Tit with a sample of two seconds birdsong.

Did I detect a veiled criticism of titimedia availability?

I see the Wikipedia Great Tit page does also link to an Internet Bird Collection page which includes this eloquent video.

Anyway, Xenocanto has dozens more Great Tit (Parus major) mp3 recordings of various lengths.