If you ask Georgia birders what bird has the sweetest song during spring and summer, their answer most likely will be the wood thrush. Some even believe the wood thrush’s song is the most beautiful ...

Once described as the finest sound in nature, the song of the North American hermit thrush has long captivated the human ear. For centuries, birdwatchers have compared it to human music – and it turns ...

To mark International Dawn Chorus day we asked wildlife experts to make their case for why their favourite songbird deserves your vote. We hope their words will inspire you to step outside and soak up ...

Even before daybreak now, the spirited songs of dozens of songbird species commence as they greet a new day. The creatures sing, of course, to attract mates for nesting and to defend territories. But ...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, goes the Duke Ellington song. By that logic, some bird songs really do mean something: at least a few bird species can swing in the same way that ...