Since
birds vocalize to alert each other to predators and food sources, biologists John Swaddle and Ghazi Mahjoub and acoustician Mark Hinders of the College of William & Mary hypothesized that interrupting the conversations would increase birds» vigilance, leaving less time for loitering and dining.
«Upon hearing
the bird vocalize, Mark was stunned that its call sounded nothing like Neotropical Dryocopus, and immediately knew we needed to examine its taxonomic status in the context of our recent Celeus study given that the Helmeted Woodpecker calls were most similar to several other Celeus species.
But, if
the bird vocalizes, you will be able to find its location by listening.
Birds vocalize for a number of reasons.
Not exact matches
Birds need to
vocalize and often use screaming as a way of communicating.
While all healthy
birds will scream and
vocalize at some point throughout the day, problem screaming can be a result of boredom, depression, or some other type of stress that your
bird is experiencing.
In the wild, many types of
birds learn to
vocalize by repeating the sounds they hear around them.
Beak — Your
bird can use his beak to communicate in more ways than just
vocalizing.
A
bird's name is a word that they will hear many times per day throughout their lifetime, so it is only natural that they would try to
vocalize it themselves.
Many times, your
bird may be near but too scared to even
vocalize to let you know it.
When a
bird begins to
vocalize less frequently than it normally does, that can be a sign that the
bird is feeling stressed or even ill.
«The wild bald eagle has been coming in about a week and a half now, coming in the mornings, the afternoons, landing next to this eagle exhibit and
vocalizing back and forth with our female
bird,» zoo manager Donald Zeigler told the local ABC News affiliate.