What’s That Song?! Why And How Birds Sing - Episode 33
Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible
Eryn Lynum
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
How do birds sing such pretty songs? God designed them with an amazing and unique voice box. Meet a few interesting species and hear their incredible melodies as we dive into the musical world of birds.
Here’s our trail map:
- Why Do Birds Communicate?
- How Do Birds Communicate?
- How Do Birds Sing?
- How Can We Praise Our Creator?
Resources Mentioned and used for Research:
Explore CTCMath with a FREE weekly trial: https://www.ctcmath.com/
Scripture Music by Scripture Lullabies, stream online now: https://scripture-lullabies.com/stream
Free Bird Song Coloring Sheet: https://erynlynum.com/nattheo33
Access full Episode Activity Guides by joining the Nat Theo Club: https://erynlynum.com/club
Order Eryn's book, Rooted in Wonder: Nurturing Your Family's Faith Through God's Creation: https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Wonder-Nurturing-Familys-Creation/dp/0825447615
Listen To The Birds book: https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Birds-Yoann-Gueny/dp/1324031034
Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord and praise his name; every day tell how he saves us.” Psalm 96:1-2 (NCV)
“Let the skies rejoice and the earth be glad; let the sea and everything in it shout. Let the fields and everything in them rejoice. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy.” Psalm 96:11-12 (NCV)
“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17 (NIV)
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” Psalm 105:6 (NCV)
Terms Learned in This Episode:
Communicate: To exchange or share information, news, or ideas.
Theory: An explanation for why things might happen or act a certain way. A theory is much more than a guess. It is based on observation, or what we see, and experimentation.
Complex: Something that is made up of many parts. The opposite of simple.
Larynx: Voice box with vocal cords (muscles) used to make noise.
Syrinx: A bird’s voice box. An organ deep inside a songbird’s chest containing a double set of vocal cords.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson? |
| 0:04.0 | Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen. |
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| 0:17.0 | So you can dive deeper into every lesson. |
| 0:20.0 | Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo |
| 0:23.2 | Club at Aaron Linum.com slash club or at the link in our show notes. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello world. Wake me up to another good good morning time to go. Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world? |
| 0:43.3 | Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm your host, Aaron Linum. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. |
| 0:53.3 | And I am so excited to dive into God's written word, |
| 0:56.8 | the Bible, and his created world with you. |
| 0:59.8 | We are all looking for adventure. That is the song of the Western Meadowlark, a beautiful songbird with a bright yellow belly and a dark black V shape on its chest. |
| 1:30.7 | Do you think that you have heard that song before? |
| 1:33.6 | Here, let me play it again for you. |
| 1:43.1 | There are Western and Eastern Meadow Larks, and they sing their beautiful songs across America and even down into Central and South America. |
| 1:53.1 | This beautiful bird is the state bird in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, and Wyoming. |
| 2:01.6 | Metal Larks are well loved for their beautiful melodies. |
| 2:05.8 | But how do they sing so well? |
| 2:08.8 | Today we are learning how and why birds sing. |
| 2:13.3 | But first, thank you to CTC Math for making this episode possible. |
| 2:18.3 | You know, I struggled with math as a kid, but what helped me was when math was fun. |
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