Birdsong: Quick Facts

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Listen: The song of the common blackbird

Listen: The song of the yellow warbler

Listen: The song of the canary

A male and female loon swimming; one carries a baby loon on its back.

Listen: The call of the common nightingale

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Olivier Messiaen.

Olivier Messiaen

French composer