Ebook: Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed: an introduction to birdsong

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; First Winter; Muzak to my ears; Songs of life and death; Robin; Double figures; A place of my own; Wren; Talking birds; Pee-oo!; How to see round corners; Dunnock; Time and space; Birdsong to save your life; Long-tailed tit; First Spring; How to make spring last longer; Great tit; Keeping it simple; Song thrush; Get a load of that repertoire; Chaffinch; Saying your own name; Blue tit; Great spotted woodpecker; How we stole the music; Blackbird; When the singing began; Greenfinch; How I invented music; Skylark; A breath of fresh air.;Learning birdsong is not just a way to become a better birdspotter. It is tuning in: a way of hearing the soundtrack of the planet earth ... Why do birds sing? What are they trying to say? Birdsong is not just about natural history. It is also about our history. We got melody from the birds as we got rhythm from the womb. Birds are our music: they teach us to express emotion and beauty in sound. The first instruments ever made were birdflutes. This vital book - with a free CD and podcast - takes you from winter into deepest spring, teaching you to how recognise song after song as the chorus swe.