birdsong

noun

bird·​song ˈbərd-ˌsȯŋ How to pronounce birdsong (audio)
: the song of one or more birds

Examples of birdsong in a Sentence

The forest was filled with birdsong.
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Across four days and 13 concerts, Salonen threaded his contemporaries, neglected Italian modernists, Lutoslawski and Ligeti, Stravinsky with his own works into Ojai’s alfresco soundscape of birdsong, film screenings and experiments. Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 For generations, the Hudson Valley has served as New York City’s unofficial backyard—a place for summer swimming, antique hunting, leaf peeping, and weekends spent trading loud sirens for sweet birdsong. Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026 Part of me may always be stuck in the cold, hungry, lonely house of my past, but now the doors and windows have been thrown open, and warm spring wind and birdsong are getting in. Chera Hammons, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Leave the birdsong, take the chatter. Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for birdsong

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of birdsong was in 1896

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“Birdsong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdsong. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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