How Birds Sing The mechanism of bird song has traditionally been compared to either a wind musical instrument or the human vocal apparatus. The analysis of the bird songs themselves points toward ...
Song birds communicate by singing and learn their songs through imitation. Since their discovery in the monkey brain, it has been suggested that mirror neurons mediate the mimicking of behaviour ...
Mockingbirds are known to sing at night, especially during the spring and summer. They most likely sing at night when the moon is bright, as they search for a mate ...
Unlike other vocal rodents that tend to chirp or squeak, Scotinomys teguina sings structured melodies that vary in pitch and rhythm, akin to bird songs. Each call serves a purpose, from attracting ...
The chaffinch may sing his song half a million times in a season. Indeed, British musician David Hindley slowed bird song down and discovered parallels between the skylark's blizzard of notes and ...