A Song Sparrow singing in Boston may ... almost rushed in comparison to the more leisurely songs of the rural birds. Audio clips and spectrograms – visual representations of sounds – are used to ...

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One of the last birds new to science to be found in North America, the Rufous-winged Sparrow was discovered in 1872 at Tucson. It was common there into the 1880s, but then disappeared for half a ...

While here, they gobble insects and charm human admirers with their antics and bird songs. “They sound like sci-fi lasers and ...

The best US states for bird watching can help you take your love for birding up a notch or two. Maybe you've already learned ...

That’s an excellent question and the answer falls into the “It depends” category. We hear birds singing loudly in the spring, ...

In winter, look for a snow bunting on shorelines, fields and weedy roadsides. In spring, these birds head to their Arctic ...

Seeing a white-crowned sparrow is always a joy when they visit a bird feeder. In fact, I would say seeing any sparrow other than a house sparrow at a feeder is a joy. White-crowned sparrows are ...

In every case the Italians were using illegal high-quality bird-sound playback equipment and ... and feathers of cuckoos and hoopoes and a sparrow hawk, the sack was bulging, the oriole crying ...

Songs and calls are used as a vital form of communication between birds, to defend territories, attract mates, keep in contact with family members, and more. No natural sound is more varied and ...

species of breeding birds have disappeared from the country, while seven are close to extinction and eight are considered ...