Sean Bean

Is it territorial most of the time?

So there's always a reason.

They don't just do it because they think they sound nice.

And to entertain it.

That sounds like that song.

Maybe that's, or maybe I sing it in the garden and picked it up from me.

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Now, from one notable musician to another.

The dawn chorus happens in the early hours.

If you're up, you'll notice how it builds.

Starting with just a few voices and quickly filling the air with others.

The air is cooler and stiller at dawn.

So sound carries further, 20 times further compared to later in the day.

And by the time the sun's properly up, you've got a full chorus.

Proud Songster by Thomas Hardy.

The thrushes sing as the sun is going, and the finches whistle in wands and pairs.

And as it gets dark, loud nightingales in bushes pipe, as they can when April wears, as if all time were theirs.

These are brand new birds of twelve months growing, which a year ago, or less than Twain,