I was watching the Masters yesterday and someone in the room mentioned that a sound track is added with birds chirping to give the t.v. audience a more “country-esque” feeling. I started paying attention and it did seem that the same bird was chirping at different holes on the course. I realize it could be the same type of bird, but has anyone else heard about this?
Of course I can’t find a link now, but IIRC, ABC caught some heat for inserting bird sounds in some golf coverage a few months ago. The fact that they apologized for it gave me the impression that normally the bird sounds you hear are real.
Arjuna34
I have the same recollection as you, Arjuna. Although I don’t know if it was ABC or not, there was a slight “controversy” over recorded bird sounds. It seems as if a minor part of the audience for golf broadcasts watches solely to try to identify the birdcalls heard on the broadcast. During the broadcast in question, quite a few people heard the call of a bird whose natural habitat didn’t include the host town. Naturally 
the fans of our feathered friends were aghast, and papered the offending network with emails and letters protesting the inclusion of false birdcalls, which the network admitted and apologized for. The media had a tongue-in-cheek field day with it, and the network promised never to do it again.
It was CBS during the 2000 PGA Championship.
More info: http://www.golfonline.com/news/2000/cbs0922.html
I doubt, given the reception that “experiment” got, that anyone would bother doing it again.
And this Georgian can tell you that the birds are singing loud and clear around these parts right now.
It is Spring, y’know…