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  • noun Plural form of birdsong.

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Examples

  • He paused briefly to listen to the exquisitely beautiful birdsongs that seemed to be sung in his honor and made a series of simple yet profound requests.

    Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011

  • The scenery was gorgeous—Malibu in full bloom, rocky peaks, grassy meadows, birdsongs.

    The Starvation Vacation Christina Binkley 2011

  • The wonderfully evocative Other Presences surrounds the solo trumpet with much more complex textures, sounds suggested by Tibetan ritual horns, while the duets between the piano and the sampled birdsongs in the concerto are full of wonderful ideas, with seamless transformations of natural and musical sounds between the soloist and the ensemble of 17 instrumentalists.

    Harvey: Bird Concerto with Pianosong etc – review 2011

  • It reminds me of a Messiaen work where you get a chance to hear birds from different continents sing together -- well, musical instruments playing the composer's transcriptions of birdsongs -- although you could never hear them sing together that way in the wild.

    Albert Imperato: What a Berlin Philharmonic Horn Player Learned From the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Albert Imperato 2011

  • He paused briefly to listen to the exquisitely beautiful birdsongs that seemed to be sung in his honor and made a series of simple yet profound requests.

    Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011

  • He paused briefly to listen to the exquisitely beautiful birdsongs that seemed to be sung in his honor and made a series of simple yet profound requests.

    Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011

  • You would think that it was a sure thing and that a couple of years from now the roar of semis would replace the chorus of birdsongs I heard when I turned off my car engine.

    Carol Polsgrove: Indiana Farmers Fear a Cost-Cutting Plan to Carry I-69 Across a Floodplain on a Causeway Carol Polsgrove 2010

  • It reminds me of a Messiaen work where you get a chance to hear birds from different continents sing together -- well, musical instruments playing the composer's transcriptions of birdsongs -- although you could never hear them sing together that way in the wild.

    Albert Imperato: What a Berlin Philharmonic Horn Player Learned From the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Albert Imperato 2011

  • He and my mom were there together, recording birdsongs, because he was a major bird fan too.

    Secret of the Super-small Superstar Lin Oliver 2010

  • I loved the stillness of the town at that hour, when the only sounds were the birdsongs and my own footsteps treading along the path.

    Runners Jack Canfield 2010

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