So she calculated that they sang about 780,000 songs during the heavy singing days. If they sang half as many songs during the slow times, or 390,000 songs, then they sang a total of 1,170,000. She decided to round this down to a simple one million songs a season. We surely then would witness one of the great dramatic events of Nature. Still, whether we perceive it or not, this grand Robin opera continues to salute each summer dawn as it has faithfully done since time immemorial.
Robins can sing for long stretches without stopping.
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