birdsong

[burd-sawng, -song]

noun

1. the singing or calling of birds, especially songbirds.

birdsong

/ ˈbɜːdˌsɒŋ /

noun

1. the musical call of a bird or birds

Word History and Origins

Origin of birdsong¹

bird + song

Example Sentences

When you see green trees, smell pine and hear gentle rustling leaves or the sound of birdsong, your autonomic nervous system - a network of nerves controlling unconscious processes - responds instantly.

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Across the 100 or so miles west of Madison, bluffs still soar, valleys still plunge and the air still holds more birdsong than bustle.

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"The decision was very difficult," he told me, sitting in a peaceful park in Dublin – with a soundtrack of birdsong, rather than bullets, drones and explosions.

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Entering Sphere, the escalators are tinted sepia and the soundscape hums with birdsong and lowing cattle.

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Amid the sound of birdsong and cattle grazing in the fields of the Yorkshire Dales, there is a more unexpected sound.

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