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Birds in Britain: Birds as Instrumentalists

on BBC Home Service Basic

A transatlantic edition

Many of the sounds birds make in communicating with one another are produced mechanically, not vocally.
James Fisher in London and William Gunn in Ithaca, U.S.A., introduce a series of recordings of the clattering of bills, whistling of wings, beak-tapping, and stamping of feet, and explain their importance.

Contributors

Presenter:
James Fisher
Presenter:
William Gunn
Producer:
Jeffery Boswall

BBC Home Service Basic

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