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[John Little]

This French artist has birds in a room with musical instruments which they play. Link;

http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=9713

The clip is also on Youtube.

[John Little]

I like the one with the twig who does the guitar solo - but I have not the faintest idea what the birds are.

[highlander]

Found it amazing that the birds were not scared of the noise but seem to be enjoying it lol cant tell you what kind of birds they are either.

[John Little]

Yes- I have a friend who actually went to the exhibition. She says that the amps are just underneath the birds but they did not seem to register the noise at all. I do not know enough about bird auditory stuff to understand why. But they did not seem distressed at all - they just took no notice of it.
Like I said if you put the artist's name on Youtube there's a loner version and other settings.

[the_count]

the text above the clip does say that the birds are Zebra finches, one of the more commonly kept small finches from africa. :lol:

[John Little]

LOL! Thanks - I missed that. I think I'm a visual learner and my eyes went straight to the moving image and not the print.

That'll larn me!:o

[Birding News]

Saw this on the news a few days ago, pretty interesting.