Olivier Messiaen studied these to imitate their sounds in works like "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
It is presented by the Westfield 
Center for Historical Keyboard Studies, in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of... [DOC] [TLE] Olivier Messiaen - Natural light [PAR] Jun 15, 2016 ... BBC devotes 24 hours of its schedule to bird-inspired music ... broadcasts will 
see the three hours of Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux performed ...