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The common name "nightjar", first recorded in 1630, refers to the nocturnal habits of the bird, the second part of the name deriving from the distinctive churring song. [1] Caprimulgus nightjars are found around Afro-Eurasia and Australasia, and like other nightjars they usually nest on the ground. They are mostly active in the late evening and ...
Strisores, a group of birds sometimes called "nightbirds" "Nightbird" (song), a 1983 song by Stevie Nicks "Nightbird", a 1975 song by Kalapana "Nightbird", a song by SZA released on Soundcloud alongside "I Hate U" (2021) Nightbird (Paul Carrack album), released in 1980; Nightbird (Yanni album), released in 1997; Nightbird (Erasure album ...
Blackbird is a 2019 American drama film directed by Roger Michell and written by Christian Torpe. It is a remake of the 2014 Danish film Silent Heart, also written by Torpe.. It stars Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan, Rainn Wilson, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Sam Nei
This was adopted by early researchers [127] including C.E.G. Bailey who demonstrated its use for studying bird song in 1950. [128] The use of spectrograms to visualize bird song was then adopted by Donald J. Borror [129] and developed further by others including W. H. Thorpe. [130] [131] These visual representations are also called sonograms or ...
Since composing "Blackbird" in 1968, McCartney has given various statements regarding both his inspiration for the song and its meaning. [6] He has said that he was inspired by hearing the call of a blackbird one morning when the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation in Rishikesh, India and also [7] writing it in Scotland as a response to the Little Rock Nine incident and the overall ...
Musicologists such as Matthew Head and Suzannah Clark believe that birdsong has had a large though admittedly unquantifiable influence on the development of music. [2] [3] Birdsong has influenced composers in several ways: they can be inspired by birdsong; [4] they can intentionally imitate bird song in a composition; [4] they can incorporate recordings of birds into their works; [5] or they ...
The birds are attracted by insects around domestic animals and, as unusual nocturnal creatures, were then blamed for any misfortune that befell the beast. [ 17 ] [ 34 ] Another old name, "puckeridge", was used to refer to both the bird and a disease of farm animals, [ 47 ] the latter actually caused by botfly larvae under the skin. [ 48 ] "
Bird Song (Mannheim Steamroller album), 2001; Bird Song (Hampton Hawes album), recorded 1956–58, released 1999; Bird Songs (Joe Lovano album), 2011; Bird Songs (Sphere album), 1988; Bird Songs: The Final Recordings, by Dizzy Gillespie, 1997; Bird Song: Live 1971, by The Holy Modal Rounders, 2004