Covid 19 may be hell for people, but, in Shakespeare's words it "Becomes the touches of sweet harmony" for birds.
An interesting thing happened when everybody stayed home in San Francisco and The City went silent.
A researcher noticed that the song of the male White-Crowned Sparrow got softer and more nuanced - sexier-sounding to the females.
I guess we should all take a lesson. Silence offers so much.
The links below have the story. One of the links has a 4-second video you can click on to hear the song. Enjoy!
https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/more-bird-song-pandemic/
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