The Music of Birds

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Student Assignment:
Brigette W.
Jarbas Angelli, a Brazilian musician, saw a picture of birds sitting on electrical wires, taken by Paul Pinto, in a local newspaper. He cut the photograph out, and set about matching the birds to appropriate notes. Angelli’s short clip features his own arrangements, but he is careful to give credit where credit is due—to the birds themselves.

Read Agnelli's own blog post about his work.

Brigette, as a musician what do you think about his his effort? Would this be easy or difficulty to do? With your special talent as a violinist, consider what other music-related information might be helpful to your readers.

When writing the story, remember to answer the five W's of a good news story.

• Who
  
• What
  
• When
  
• Where
  
• Why
  

Embed the music video from Vimeo in your blog post.

The Beauty of Birds and Art

http://www.birdbook.org/

This week most of our interactions with birds will come courtesy of Thanksgiving dinner. But we urge you to check out some other feathered creatures at the simply gorgeous Birdbook, an elegant site dedicated to Bird, Andrew Zuckerman’s recently released book of photography.

Zuckerman and a team of bird specialists enticed the inhabitants of several aviaries to swoop, soar and posture in front of a simple white sheet. The result is startlingly vivid and lifelike shots of birds outside their normal environments, which makes for a wild visual experience. With each of the 87 entries (from African Fish Eagle to, yes, Wild Turkey) comes helpful information such as genus, height and wingspan, plus most of the entries include each bird’s personalized call. The pictures even seem to capture a bit of bird personality: a Red-legged Seriema stalks through its shot; a puffed-up Great Horned Owl regally poses; a Golden Eagle glares (rather vengefully) at the camera. Game, on.