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Carol of the Birds - With Nancy Rumbel

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To celebrate the season, Nancy Rumbel, who composed and played the BirdNote theme music, performs "Carol of the Birds." This version was arranged by Nancy herself, with the accompaniment of Pine Siskins, Black-capped Chickadees, a Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and Mourning Dove. Nancy plays the ocarina, oboe, bell, and harmonium. You can visit her website at nancyrumbel.com. Happy Holidays from all of us at BirdNote!

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BirdNote®
Carol of the Birds

Arranged and Performed by Nancy Rumbel

This is BirdNote!
    [Refrain from “Carol of the Birds”]
    To celebrate the season, Nancy Rumbel, who composed and played the BirdNote theme music, performs “Carol of the Birds” with some of her friends.
    [“Carol of the Birds” arranged and played by Nancy Rumbel with the accompaniment of Pine Siskins, Black-capped Chickadees, a Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and Mourning Dove.]    
    Happy Holidays from all of us at BirdNote.


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Nancy Rumbel plays the ocarina, oboe, bell, and harmonium.
Sounds of the birds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Red-winged Blackbird by W.W. H. Gunn: Call of the Song Sparrow by G.A. Keller: House Finch by G.A. Keller; American Goldfinch by D.A. Sibley; Pine Siskin by G.A. Keller; Call of the Mourning Dove by W.R. Fish; Call of Black-capped Chickadee by R.S. Little.
Song of Black-capped Chickadee recorded by Martyn Stewart, www.naturesound.org.     
Producer: John Kessler
Executive Producer: Chris Peterson
© 2014 Tune In to Nature.org          December 2016/2019     Narrator: Mary McCann

ID#       christmas-03-2012-12-25      christmas-03b     
 

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