If you struggle to determine whether a bird song belongs to a wren or a crow, the inaugural Birding Festival of the South ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

International bird-sounds expert Allison Kondler will be the special guest at the inaugural Birding Festival of the South in ...

Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

Urbanization is rapidly transforming natural habitats and poses growing challenges for wildlife. One lesser-known consequence ...

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.

Bird sounds that always make me chuckle are those of the red-breasted nuthatch. I won’t call them songs because they don’t meet most people’s idea of “song.” The most common call of this species is ...

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising revelations When we hear the beautiful call of a bird from a high bough, we’re told it’s likely to be a ...