BIRDSONG IN THE TIME OF SILENCE.  

Steven Lovatt.

The time of silence is the Covid19 year(s) 2020.  Less traffic noise, more time to listen.  

The birds are singing and (birder) Lovatt recognises all their songs.  

He finishes his interesting bird book with poems, including The Woodpigeon's Nest by John Clare, and others. 

The one I will quote is by Chinese poet,  Wang Wei 699-759. 

...that was when an oriole sang clear and golden,

the tune familiar as a friend,

I listened, I smiled, I walked on. ...