So here is another treat from Brain Pickings: Why Birds Sing. I love this debate between science and art. Do birds sing for joy? The scientists say no – for them it is all mating, eating and territory. Composer David Rothenberg has found something more. Watch him improvising with the white crested laughing bird and waddle with the ducks and his clarinet.
I know that the mockingbird that sings from the top of our wild cherry tree in the summer is not just declaring turf. He is unspooling what he has heard, what he remembers in joyous ribbons of sound.
But maybe singing for their mate is a joyful thing.