'Bird call' wins in remix competition - Conservation blog 20 June 2011
Vote now! Remix the sounds of NZ competition - Conservation blog 10 June 2011
Remix my mates during NZ music month - Conservation blog 6 May 2011
X Factor birds aiming for No. 1 slot - Conservation blog 17 December 2010
Indigenous choir shunned for NZ Music Month - Conservation blog 1 July 2010
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Native birdsong A - Z
Dawn chorus with bellbird/korimako in the foreground (MP3, 1,853K) 1 minute 58 second recording of birds singing from silver beech trees in Abel Tasman National Park.
Dawn chorus with tūī in the foreground (MP3, 2,889K) 3 minute 4 second recording of tui and a chorus of many other birds singing in mixed bush and flowering kowhai.
Dawn chorus with blackbirds in the foreground (MP3, 2,281K) 2 minute 25 second recording of an adult male blackbird and many other birds giving song in garden surroundings.
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