NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

DETROW: Let's listen to a few of them and talk about them. MEDLER: Sounds great. (SOUNDBITE OF BIRD CHIRPING) DETROW: So this was in the capturing natural moments category. Can you tell us about it?

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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

(SOUNDBITE OF BIRD CHIRPING) DETROW: That chirping you're hearing right now is the western meadowlark. It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025.

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