{"product_id":"9781780720470-birdwatching-with-your-eyes-closed","title":"Birdwatching with Your Eyes Closed","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Introduction to Birdsong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, eloquent and perceptive book  - with an accompanying podcast available online - which will tune your ears to the delightful songs of the birds around you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Most of us can see, but not everyone looks. Most of us can hear, but not everyone listens. This book will help you do both. And, above all, it will tell you how to enjoy.\" Bill Oddie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"He'll tune your ears to winter's lonely voices - robins, wrens, long-tailed tits - before preparing you for the exultant sounds of spring.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLearning to identify birdsong is not just a way to become a better bird-spotter. It is tuning in: a way of hearing the soundtrack of Planet Earth. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do birds sing? What are they trying to say?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirdsong is not just about natural history. It is also about our history. We got melody from birds as we got rhythm from the womb. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis vital book, with an accompanying podcast available online, takes you from winter into deepest spring, teaching you how to recognise song after song as the chorus swells. Beginning with the thin, soft song of the robin and ending with the life-affirming melody of nightingales. Along the way, you will learn the science of birdsong the difference between song and call, the physiology of songbirds, what birdsong tells us about evolution, and indeed the very beginnings of life itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aim is to give you a flying start in birdsong so that, after reading this book, you'll be listening to order, not chaos, to Bach, not white noise. You will be more aware of the wild world, and better able to understand it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccompanying podcast link provided in the book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31619137896545,"sku":"9781780720470","price":10.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26821794.jpg?v=1721291509","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780720470-birdwatching-with-your-eyes-closed","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}