Birdsong is often exquisitely beautiful, yet many people argue that it is purely functional. It certainly enables birds to attract mates, declare their territories and communicate with individuals of their own species. Musicologist and composer, Hollis Taylor, has spent many years closely studying the songs of pied butcherbirds. In this hour long episode of the Science Show broadcast recently on ABC Radio National, Hollis outlines the case for birdsong as music.

Bioacoustics - the International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recording. Is the only international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the scientific study, recording and analysis of animal sounds. Bioacoustics at Taylor and Francis Online.

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A grotesque carving on the side of a church. A gargoyle is a carving with some form of hole or spout to drain water from the roof whereas a grotesque is just a decorative carving. As always my thanks to everyone who had a go at identifying it. If you wish to make a guess please leave it in the comments. Sunday, 8 April 2018.

Musician interested in all things sound-related.

Nature Soundmap - Hear the world like never before. The rhythmic sounds of cicadas and frogs combine in a rich dusk chorus in the rainforest of Ulu Muda. Yamingshan National Park, Taiwan. A vibrant chorus of various frog species calling at Menghuan Lake, Taiwan. Mount Gibson Sanctuary, WA.

You would have to have been living on the moon lately to not know that England appears to be experiencing a surge influx of large-billed Parrot type Crossbills, with Holland and Germany also reporting large Loxia.