I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A cacophony of sounds, coming from the many different bird species that rely on the Sierra Nevada’s diverse pine cone crop, fill the ...

Foreward, by K. Z. Lorenz.--Tonal quality of bird sounds, by P. Marler.--Experimental studies in the ontogeny of avian vocalizations, by M. Konishi and F. Nottebohm.--Song as a reinforcer, by J. G.

Biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have released the first broad-scale, comparative, fine-grained analysis linking the amplitude, or volume, of a bird's song to its vocal frequency, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Some animal vocalizations develop reliably in the absence of relevant experience, but an intriguing subset of animal vocalizations is learned: ...

When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent. In the middle of the forest, the only sounds ...

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It’s been a year since the total solar eclipse moved through many parts of the U.S. on April 8, 2024, and a recent preliminary report shared some new findings of how the event affected wildlife. Last ...

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