Angel Place, Sydney, Sept 09

An art installation comprising 116 bird cages plays a soundscape of birdsong. The calls are from bird species that used to live in the city before the arrival of Europeans.
During the day, you may hear the calls of the Eastern Whipbird, Rockwarbler, Regent Honeyeater, Grey Shrike-thrush, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Spotted Pardalote, Brown Gerygone, Jacky Winter, Scarlet Robin and many others.
At night, the soundtrack switches to nocturnal birds like the Australian Owlet-nightjar, Powerful Owl, Southern Boobook, Barn Owl, Tawny Frogmouth, and White-throated Nightjar.

Artist: Michael T Hill
Design: Richard Wong
Programming: Dave Towey
Consulting Scientist: Dr Richard Major
Bird Recordings: Fred van Gessell
Rigging: PRA
Consulting Engineer: Eamon Madden, Partridge Partners