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A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing | Richard Smyth

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In this fascinating account, Richard Smyth asks what it is about birdsong that we so love. Exploring the myriad ways in which it has influenced literature, music, science, and our very ideas of what it means to be human, Smyth's nuanced investigation shows that what we hear says as much about us, our dreams and desires, as it does about the birds and their songs. At a time when our birdsong is growing quieter, with fewer voices, more thinly spread, A Sweet, Wild Note is a celebration of the complex relationships between birds, people, and the land; it is also a passionate call to arms lest our trees and hedgerows fall silent.

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quietlycuriouskate

A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing | Richard Smyth

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Really rather lovely.* I was concerned his lightness of tone would become cool flippancy but needn't have worried. He's an engaging writer, arguing that for humans birdsong is at once a context (giving a sense of location in time and place) and an event. And I have some intriguing links to follow up. 😊

*Aside from the penultimate chapter (horrible cruelty) and the final one (how the raging anthropocene threatens to shut the birds up altogether).

rockpools Sounds great! I hadn‘t heard of this. 5y

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quietlycuriouskate

A Sweet, Wild Note: What We Hear When the Birds Sing | Richard Smyth

My Sunday so far: meditation, cardio workout, grocery shopping, quick bite of lunch, baking, doing the dishes, vacuuming. Plenty more domestic chores and admin to follow but for now I've shut my study door, brewed a pot of tea and am settling in with the birds. ❤🐦

alisiakae Enjoy the closed door and reading time! 5y

Tamra Sweet! 5y

Cathythoughts 👍🏻💕💕💕 5y

charl08 Mini eggs ! 😀 5y

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