Seeing through the song of a blackbird (Turdus merula). Very common here in North Italy during springtime, the blackbird has a really vast serie of verses on different pitches. I listen to them since years and I'm always amazed by their variety. Their singing makes the spring beautiful. Visuals created with Touchdesigner. I did the shooting/recording as well. #bird #blackbird #birdsong #touchdesigner #visual #realtime #datavisualization | Lucio Arese

Visualizing the song of a very creative blackbird (Turdus merula) I recorded few days ago. Blackbirds never cease to amaze me with their ever changing song and impressive vocabulary of verses and trills. As far as I can hear, their song has even more variety than the one of nightingales. Every datapoint has four different sets of information: the color which indicates the most active frequency band at emission time, an amplitude value on top (scale 0 to 1), a lifetime on the left (in seconds, an

female Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) — a graceful and caring songbird found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa 🤎🕊️: Unlike the glossy black male, the female Common Blackbird is rich brown with lighter, speckled underparts — perfectly camouflaged for nesting among leaves and soil. She may not shine like her mate, but her warm chestnut tones and gentle eyes give her a quiet, understated charm. Female blackbirds thrive in gardens, parks, forests, and farmland, and they’re often the first to