Ariana Grande Is Getting Into Bird-watching
As anyone who has seen Wicked knows, Ariana Grande is a woman of many talents. She can sing, she can dance, she can Method act. She has a knack for impeccable comic timing and also a transatlantic accent. And if that’s not ambitious enough, now it sounds like she’s honing another skill. In an episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast on Tuesday, Grande revealed she’s been getting into bird-watching.
In the interview, Grande spoke about a secret talent she wishes she could have. “I wish I were a person who, like, had endless entomology knowledge,” she said. “I could look at a bug and be like, ‘Ah, Lepidoptera Pieridae,’” she said, deploying the scientific term for moths and butterflies, which she apparently just knew right off the top of her head.
So what sparked her interest in entomology? Apparently it all started with bird-watching. “I have the bird app — the Merlin app,” she said, referring to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s bird-identification app. Apparently, Grande thinks the Merlin app is “fabulous,” particularly its sound-ID feature. “You record the sound of the bird and it quickly pops up with what it is,” she said. “They can tell by their tone of voice — I love that.”
You and me both, girl. As The Cut’s resident bird-watcher, I can attest that Grande’s well-trained ear could do wonders for her bird-call-recognition skills. Next time I’m trying to tell apart the song of a Cedar Waxwing from a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, I know who I’m hitting up.
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