It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025. The library is an online collection featuring more than 2 million recordings of birds and other animals.

DETROW: That chirping you're hearing right now is the western meadowlark. It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025. The library is an online ...

With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

DeFonso sees his library not only as a personal study tool — though he does occasionally practice his sound ID skills by listening to bird calls in the car — but also as a scientific resource, a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why ...

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