Gray squirrels also make sounds often heard in woodlands, but they have a throaty quality that doesn't suggest an avian ...

Get away from my babies. Some birds attract mates not with a species-specific song, but through a large repertoire, including sounds borrowed from other species. For example, the brown thrasher ...

One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means ...

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 ...

It is a joy to linger in bed for a few minutes on a spring morning and tell which birds are singing so jubilantly outside the bedroom window.

New research from Waseda University shows that zebra finches use their amygdala brain region to choose which older birds to ...

the list is called “Bird Words – A Compilation of Human Articulations Applied To Bird Songs And Calls.” On it are the names of 54 birds and the 80 articulations associated with their songs.

What intrigues me most about bird song is the incredible variety of sounds produced by the 11,145 species now recognized on ...

[Related: Thanks to a matriarchal gene, this bird can trick others into ... the finches’ responses to our modified calls even when the simulated songs had changed by the equivalent of three ...

Are you interested in learning how to distinguish between bird calls and songs? The Larimer County Department of Natural Resources will hold a “Campfire (Bird) Songs” event at Hermit Park Open ...