BBC News Magazine Article - "The surprising uses for birdsong"

["wildambience" wildambience]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22298779

Excerpt from the article 8th May 2013

"A 90-second daily show highlighting the songs of British birds has started=
 on BBC Radio 4 this week. But birdsong isn't just beautiful to listen to, =
it is increasingly being used in surprising ways.

Can a nightingale's song help you pass an exam or a blackbird's twittering =
encourage you to open a bank account? Sound experts are using it to do both=
.

They argue the positive results speak for themselves even though researcher=
s say there is little hard scientific evidence to show people respond posit=
ively to birds singing. Most support for the theory is anecdotal.

So what are the innovative ways it is being used?....."