{"id":4332,"date":"2022-03-07T11:33:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2022-04-08T20:43:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T19:43:49","slug":"birdsong-in-a-time-of-silence-steven-lovatt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/birdsong-in-a-time-of-silence-steven-lovatt\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdsong in a Time of Silence | Steven Lovatt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4181\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Birdsong-in-a-Time-of-Silence.jpg?resize=400%2C614\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Birdsong-in-a-Time-of-Silence.jpg?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Birdsong-in-a-Time-of-Silence.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row colin\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-5\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>As the world went silent in lockdown, something else happened; for the first time, many of us started becoming more aware of the spring sounds of the birds around us.\u00a0<em>Birdsong in a Time of Silence<\/em>\u00a0is a lyrical, uplifting reflection on these sounds and what they mean to us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From a portrait of the blackbird &#8211; most prominent and articulate of the early spring singers &#8211; to explorations of how birds sing, the science behind their choice of song and nest-sites, and the varied meanings that people have brought to and taken from birdsong, this book ultimately shows that natural history and human history cannot be separated. 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