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Raptors and Wake Hunting animal behavior bird language Apr 04, 2023

After a brief introduction on the basics of bird language, I led fifteen students down a trail at a nature preserve to perform what is known as a bird language ‘sit’ (a term coined by...

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Avian Territorial Aggression animal communication bird language Mar 21, 2023

Breeding season has begun in the southern parts of North America, where birds are now defining and defending territories. If you want to know where a mating pair's territory begins and ends,...

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What is Bird Language? animal communication bird language nature awareness Feb 28, 2023

Defining animal language

When we speak of animal language, we are referring to a coarse way of interpreting and understanding the inter-species communication around us. All higher animals/mammals...

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Understanding Animal Communication animal communication anthropology bird language Feb 07, 2023

For humans and other mammals, the process of learning language begins in the womb. Scientists know that even at an early stage of development, embryos pick up on the sound of their mother’s...

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