International Dawn Chorus Day
May 6, 2017 5:46 PM   Subscribe

Radio stations across Europe and India are coming together in the early hours of Sunday 7 May (i.e. now) to track the sound of birds bursting into song as the sun rises from Delhi to Dublin in a unique broadcast for International Dawn Chorus Day. Link to the BBC webcast.

Hopefully this is available in all regions. This is being broadcast now; apologies for the short notice, I just stumbled across this.
posted by life moves pretty fast (10 comments total) 25 users marked this as a favorite
 
Been listening for the best part of an hour. Not much birdsong; most common species broadcast, the Rambling Wibbler (Presenteria cluelessii).
posted by Devonian at 6:54 PM on May 6, 2017 [6 favorites]


I was kinda hoping for more pure bird singing and less aristocrats nattering on about hedgerow modifications...but nice idea.
posted by Miko at 6:56 PM on May 6, 2017 [1 favorite]


Yes, a lovely idea. But c'mon people, less talk, more squawk!
posted by valetta at 7:12 PM on May 6, 2017 [4 favorites]


I initially read that as "Dawn Curse Day", and thought yeah, that seems about right.
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:33 PM on May 6, 2017 [1 favorite]


They learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries.
posted by longdaysjourney at 8:14 PM on May 6, 2017 [3 favorites]


seriously tho, this is wonderful - thank you for the links.
posted by longdaysjourney at 8:14 PM on May 6, 2017


Thanks for the tip, listening now. Bit too much chat but still nice and gentle
posted by runincircles at 9:31 PM on May 6, 2017


Listening now, just lovely! My dog is getting very worked up listening to it...
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:39 PM on May 6, 2017


Did someone say Dawn Chorus? (Obligatory Boards of Canada YT link).
posted by symbioid at 9:40 PM on May 6, 2017 [2 favorites]


Birdsong fans will also probably love this new Dawn Chorus app, built from the birdsong recordings of the Carnegie Museum of Natural HIstory.
posted by Miko at 7:19 AM on May 7, 2017 [2 favorites]


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