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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird

For professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster which helps explains the difference between bird song and bird call in this Tweet of the Day.

Producer: Tim Dee

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Thu 22 Jun 202305:58
BBC Radio 4

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