Futurity.org – Birds shout out to friends and enemies

December 4th, 2009

Birds like this yellow rumped warbler sound alarm calls both to warn friends of a threat and to tell predators, “I’ve seen you.” Some of the birds were able to project a call in one direction while their beak was pointed in another, …

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UC Davis News & Information :: Birds Call to Warn Friends and Enemies

December 3rd, 2009

Birds ‘ alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist’s trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis study.

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    Birds (class Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

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