Mini-Retreat: Play Birdsong Hero

Are you ever stopped in your tracks by the sound of an intriguing bird call? or an enchanting song from ... a creature of the sky? Are we alike in wondering what bird it is? And then we look, and look up into the leaves for the winged source to no avail...

Well, wonder no longer. Birdsong Hero is here to save the day.
This is not only a tool to help us get to know our feathered friends, it is also an addicting video game. Slow-style. Perfect for taking a relaxing mini-retreat to get to know the birds.

Developed by the Bird Academy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Song Hero is an online game combining sounds and spectrogram visuals for a multisensory learning experience. It's design is straight forward and user friendly. Appropriate for all ages of adults and school aged children.

Click the bar to launch the game and jump right in. Or watch the short tutorial from Bird Academy for a little bit more information.

If this bird song identification mini-retreat has lifted your flight of curiosity into the air...

...have a look at the below list of resources. Something here might really become the wind beneath your (birding) wings.