| Just two months into his Fulbright fellowship, he already has a quiverful of stories about birdcalls in the Himalayas. |
| He grabbed a shovel and started identifying mysterious birdcalls, naming previously unknown plants and trees. |
| Every morning at daybreak we would hear hauntingly long-drawn fluid birdcalls. |
| Margaret Sphery's shrill birdcalls, whistles, and hoots assailed us from a proximitous room. |
| Notice the purity of the opening, the piquancy of the birdcalls, the unfussy phrasing of the main theme. |