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An informal, monthly discussion of recent scientific research about birds.
Harp ye Gerald angles! Winter means time to practice singing, for birds and people.
Fledgling Theories
38 minutes 40 seconds
5 years ago
Harp ye Gerald angles! Winter means time to practice singing, for birds and people.
'Tis the season for caroling.... and some of us enunciate better than others. On its wintering grounds in Tanzania, the Thrush Nightingale sings an inconsistent, disjointed version of its beautiful, complex song. Why? In what ways is its winter song different from its breeding song? This month, we're chatting about a paper that tests the theory that these birds are using their wintering grounds to warm up and rehearse before the big show of the breeding season. Join us for a chat about Souriau et al's "Singing behind the stage: thrush nightingales produce more variable songs on their wintering grounds" (2019).
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Fledgling Theories
An informal, monthly discussion of recent scientific research about birds.
