Animal Videos

Watch an amazing metamorphosis!

Dear Friends,
Prepare to be astonished by my time-lapse footage of a monarch caterpillar metamorphosis, accompanied by our song, “I Almost Kissed a Butterfly”. Special thanks to my dear friend and devoted fan, Mary Franz, for providing some of the additional photos and video. How did I capture these awesome moments? Here’s the story behind the video:

Birdsong’s New Year Greeting 2023 – with California Sea Lions

Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! The sea lions and I wish you many moments of wonder, beauty, friendship, and song in the year ahead. I look forward to staying connected in 2023!
With an ocean of gratitude for this beautiful world,
Birdsong

Fascinating Sharks! New music video and companion lesson.

Dear Friends,

I’m so happy to present to you our new music video, “Fascinating Sharks”. Featuring our energetic rap-style song, our video has lots to say about these “mysterious creatures with adaptive features” and the importance of protecting them. Enjoy and rap along with us!
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“Spider Song” – Interactive Companion Lesson

Teachers and Parents!

Check out the companion lesson to our “Spider Song” and music video. The video is musically fun, educational, and filled with spider images and footage. Our lesson is interactive, editable, and printable in Google Doc. This lesson includes song lyrics, song download, questions, activities, crafts, coloring pages and resources for additional learning. Lesson is based on Common Core Standards in Science and Language Arts for K-2.
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World Oceans Day! The Dolphins and Sea Turtles have a message for you!

Teachers and Parents: Check out our “Keep the Ocean Clean” companion lesson.

Dear Friends,
June 8 is World Oceans Day and the dolphins and sea turtles have a message! Sing-along to our music video and join us in renewing our “No Plastics” pledge. Then check out the fun resources for kids listed below. Each of us, by doing one thing each day, can help protect our precious oceans for generations to come. #TogetherWeCan! #WorldOceansDay #Protect30X30 #OceanClimateAction

Watch our video, “Poem for Mother Earth”

Download and print lyrics to “Poem for Mother Earth”

Watch our New Year Animal Video

Watch our music video featuring “Spider Song”

Dear Arachnid-Loving Friends,

Discover the fascinating world of spiders with me — in our music video,
“Spider Song”. Watch images and live footage of spiders and their webs, learn about their incredible weaving abilities, and sing along with me. After researching spiders and composing “Spider Song”, I feel awe and deep respect for this often misunderstood “carnivorous arachnid”. Now I notice them everywhere!. I wonder if you will too.

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Keep the Ocean Clean – Music Videos and Companion Lesson

For Teachers and Parents!

Make everyday an ocean protection day! Let us help you prepare your children for International Coastal Clean-Up Day (and a lifetime of ocean conservation) with our music videos and companion lesson, “Keep the Ocean Clean”. The song is rockin’ and educational. The lesson is interactive, editable, and printable in Google Doc. Meets Standards in Science and Language Arts for K-2.
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Watch our new music video “I Almost Kissed a Butterfly”

Dear Insect-loving Friends,
I’m excited to introduce a new music video featuring my song,
“I Almost Kissed a Butterfly”. Watch my hand motions in the chorus while you sing and move your hands along with me. Perhaps you can color your own butterfly to use. Or make up your own hand motions! Enjoy learning about butterfly and caterpillar behavior and then blow a kiss to the next butterfly you see in your neighborhood!
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