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Bird Calls Vary Depending on Location

December 15th 2006 08:42
Great Tits
Great Tit (Parus major) courtesy of stock.xchng
Hans Slabbekoorn and Ardie den Boer-Visser studied the bird calls of great tits (Parus major), a species especially well-adapted to living around humans. They found that urban tits call with shorter songs and at higher pitches than rural members of the same species.


Click here to listen to the differences between urban and rural bird calls.

Source: Current Biology
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Comment by Lilla

December 20th 2006 08:55


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Truly fascinating Adele,

I wish my neighbour would get the message too... smaller blocks only require human half tones....

Lilla...

Comment by Adele

December 20th 2006 14:42


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The birds in my neighborhood don't sing loudly. I'm never sure if my neighbors are home. It's a pretty quiet place for the most part.

Except for those cats.

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