EditorialSongbird owners gather at a park in Paramaribo, Suriname, for a singing competition on Dec. 20, 2020. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
EditorialSongbird owners at the South Jakarta Police Chief’s Cup, a bird-singing competition that was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on Jan. 26, 2020. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times)