We’ve greatly enjoyed Flaming Pines’ Birds of a Feather series, which has just reached its conclusion with Philippe Petit‘s The Kookaburra and Kate Carr‘s The Kakapo.  Over the past few years, this series of CD3″s has brought us some of the most original work in the field.  Before this series was introduced, most field recording fans were used to hearing birdsong without attribution.  Birdsong had become (and continues to be) a trope in ambient music as well, but one seldom encounters species identification.  Birders might know what they’re hearing, but the untrained ear just hears birds.  This lack of clarity was underlined in a scandal a few years back when CBS Sports was busted for adding fake birdsong to its coverage of the Masters Tournament.  In the aftermath, the network learned that there is no such thing as generic birdsong.

The final two installments of Birds of…