When author and illustrator Becca Rowland first started learning to identify bird calls, they were delighted to discover that owls say more than just ‘who’! In her new book Bird Talk: Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds They Make, Becca dedicates a whole chapter to the wonderful world of owl calls. Long-eared Owl © Betsy Matsubara | BirdNote

Meet “Big Jake” John Ward, the “Boy George” of Birdwatching. Here we see him with jazz organist Alan Haven recording some of his wildly impressive recreations of bird calls. You can watch the full programme that this clip was taken from, over on our Youtube channel at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmNyRa_bFgo | BBC Archive

“The Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) typically gives a nasal 'peent' in flight, but during the breeding season the males will make this unearthly 'booming' noise (@ 12s in the recording). The sound is entirely mechanical, made by flexing the wings in a steep dive and forcing air through the wing feathers. This display is mostly done to impress females, but sometimes also to intimidate intruders (me in this case).” – Jacob Saucier, Division of Birds #SummerRoadTrip #Playlist | Smithsonian Nat

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