dawn chorus
Britishnoun
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The dawn chorus can be heard from late January, with more and more birds joining in, external as the weather gets warmer.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Around the world, in spring and summer time, birds sing every morning in the daily dawn chorus.
From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023
They’re particularly useful, he says, in recording the early morning birdsong called the dawn chorus in the chaparral habitat, and mid- and high elevations in the San Gabriel mountains.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
In spring, the tree erupts with a dawn chorus of migrating birds and, in summer, the tiny Carolina wren belts out its glorious song.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022
I woke up disoriented as the crackle of shimmering sparks turned into the dawn chorus of birds.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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