Since prehistoric times, birds and their ... The phrase “to sing like a linnet” was once a common saying. It’s easy to ...

while nearly all the British birds are semi-domesticated, and sing in the garden and orchard. This fact, I had said, in connection with their more soft and plaintive voices, made our song-birds ...

The chaffinch may sing his song half a million times in a season. Indeed, British musician David Hindley slowed bird song down and discovered parallels between the skylark's blizzard of notes and ...