Astounding, prolific performers, birds coo, chirp, trill, warble, babble, wail, honk, cluck, screech, caw, chatter, whistle, tweet, and SING! Bird songs have inspired music in innumerable ways, with compositions and instruments imitating the range of a bewitching call, field recordings of birds layered onto songs, and duets harmonizing with birds themselves, as they sit on your hand or sing from a tree far away.