Birdcall

I initially downloaded a free birdcall app, but it included only about 20 species. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

That usually refers to works that go to the extremes of the orchestra, beyond the meat-and-potatoes of strings and winds and brass: a stroke of harp, a shimmer of cymbal, the mellow birdcall of an oboe d'amore or the flatulence of a contrabassoon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All around was the sound of dripping water, interrupted by the occasional clear birdcall. ❋ Michael J. Solender (2010)

He raises his arms to shield himself, the birdcall surrounding him like manic laughter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Give the workingman the right to employment as long as he has health,” he said, “assure him of care when heis sick and maintenance when he is old, and the socialists will sound their birdcall in vain.” ❋ MICHAEL KNOX BERAN (2007)

(Soundbite of birdcall) Mr. MEIBURG: Steeple Jason is two-peaks rising out of the South Atlantic and are home to the largest breeding colony of black proud albatrosses in the world. ❋ Unknown (2007)

(Soundbite of a birdcall) Mr. MEIBURG: And this sound comes from a bird survey I worked on in the Falkland Islands - specifically, from a remote island called Steeple Jason. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The city was the same, but he was a new man seeing it: The ancient stonework; the vines that rose on the walls and were pulled back every year only to crawl up again; the mixture of languages from all across the world that came to the seafront; the songs of the beggars and cries of birdcall. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The nice thing about this book is that everybody is able to communicate with one another by coming up with a different onomatopoeia-ish word for the same birdcall. ❋ Fusenumber8 (2006)

But like a distant birdcall, the sound of his voice seemed a territorial challenge that did not apply to me. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)

I blame my restless sleep (I woke up to every siren, every birdcall, every car) on the glass of wine my body has becomed unaccustomed to in just a week. ❋ Barbylon (2005)

At first, I had thought it a distant birdcall from the garden, but now I realized that the soft trilling matched the cadence of breath. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)

An ululating birdcall echoed far away, then went silent. ❋ David Mack (2004)

Jim tried the one birdcall he was good at, a quail call—then he repeated it three times. ❋ Larry McMurtry (2004)