![]() Therefore, it’s the males that sing the most-usually during breeding season. Among the songbirds and various other groups of birds (such as cuckoos, owls, and nightjars), songs are used to defend territory and attract mates. Most birds have a wide repertoire of songs and call, but there’s an important distinction to be made between the two. Here’s a quick rundown of the kinds of sounds you might hear, and how they're often described by field guides and birders. Or you’ll learn to give a Killdeer some space because it’s “trilling” to protect its nest. Honing your birding ear can also reveal hidden details in the field. For instance, you’ll know to look for raptors when you hear songbirds whistle in alarm. With a little practice, you can begin decoding all those songs and calls, which will in turn give you remarkable insights into the species around you. It's loud, it's raucous, and for the untrained ear, it's often incoherent. Spring’s here, and there’s a birdy party raging outdoors. To catch up, check out part 1, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, and part 8. In part 2, Bird and Moon creator Rosemary Mosco takes you through the various sounds you hear and what they mean to birds (and to birders). Follow along with our birding-by-ear series to learn how to better ID birds through their vocalizations. The sheer volume of songs and calls can often feel overwhelming for birders, but these sounds offer both an opportunity and a challenge. If you’ve made it all the way here to the last bit, here’s a little bonus: Clarisse has 4 Inge Löök postcards to send to 4 postcrossers.Editor’s Note: There's a lot to look forward to in spring, including the welcomed hullabaloo of birdsong. ![]() To learn more Inge Löök and her work, visit her website or check out her Instagram. The future has never really existed, but rather, it has merely appeared, which means that I have then had to face it as it appears. ![]() I’ve always had a hard time planning the future. What is on the horizon for your art this year? I’ve got equipment for bird watching, and it is not only birds I look at, but the environment as a whole. As I see it, the big and the large then is space which offers fantasy experiences because we are unable to go there. I often sit with a magnifying glass and study the details of, for instance, flowers or a feather. I’m interested in the little and the small. How does a sense of place inform your art? We are treated to many detailed scenes that are infused with such attention and care – gardens, forests, fields, barns. Nature seems to be almost its own character in your work. We are old now but know exactly how it felt when we were small and searched for messages in bottles. This includes sitting high up in a clock tower with dangling legs. We’ve had wine in a tree, cakes under the table, and what we haven’t done, we wish we could do. In fact, we’ve played out most of what happens in my illustrations of the aunties. She is actually one of the aunties in my illustrations, and I am the other one. We think along the same lines and are in daily contact. My closest neighbor lives around 30 meters from me in a house as small as mine. Please tell us a bit more about the origins of the Aunties characters in your art. An idea can emerge at any time, even in the middle of the night, and if so, in the morning I must swiftly note it to not forget it. Today I mainly draw postcards and if I get an idea I quickly note it down on any piece of paper with a few lines only so that I later remember how I envisage the theme for a new post card. I do not use sketchbooks but I tend to use the back side of used photocopy sheets. For new ideas, what is the first step to getting an idea from your head to the page? It is a gift and a thoughtfulness that requires planning in a completely different way than electronic messages. You get to hold and touch the same paper the sender has touched. The old-fashioned way of sending letters and postcards is beautiful. You take special care to create postcard sets of your art. The nature outside is eternal and if I start to feel cramped I only need to open the door. ![]() The house where I live is also small and the purpose of the house is solely to live in it. I prefer an enclosed small space where my thoughts stay together and do not wander away into other spaces. The place where I do my drawings is not very large a table, a chair and the rest does not require much space. She was previously featured on the blog over 10 years ago, and was kind enough to make time for an email interview with Clarisse (aka CStar9), for her series of conversations with illustrators and postcard makers. Inge Löök is a Finnish illustrator and gardener who is perhaps best known for her “merry aunties” character postcards – an enduring favorite of postcrossers.
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