“Somewhere, always, the sun is rising, and somewhere, always, the birds are singing.” So begins the preface to this remarkable book, subtitled “The Art and Science of Listening to Bird Song.” Kroodsma’s ears and mind were opened to the world of bird sound over 30 years ago, when he started listening to and studying a Bewick’s Wren in his backyard. And so began a lifetime of inquiry, of discovery, and of wonder, much of which is conveyed in The Singing Life of Birds, originally published in 2005 as a hardback. This very reasonably priced paperback makes the singing planet even more accessible.