Bird songs are beautiful melodies usually sung by
the male bird species rather than the female. Birds usually sing
these beautiful bird songs as forms of communication, for mating
purposes, and for claiming various territories. Different species
produce different bird songs, and scientists and bird watchers
alike have been delighted and mystified by the beautiful bird songs
specific to each species.
The vocal organ of birds is called the syrinx. What is very interesting
about bird songs is that their fathers teach young baby birds
the bird songs. They are taught the songs from birth and depending
upon species, will add varieties to the songs as they grow.
As bird songs continue to pass down from generation to generation
they become a form of standard bird dialect specific to each
breed.
Because bird songs are identified with particular breeds, this
can be a wonderful advantage for bird watchers to have. By
identifying each song with species, it can be very easy to
identify which birds are visiting or nesting in particular
areas.
For those interested in learning various bird songs there are
some great tools and resources available to help make this
task easier. For instance, bird songs mnemonics is a tool used
by many to help remember and identify bird songs and their
species. Mnemonics is a memory trick used by associating a
word or image to help memorize a particular fact. Here are
some common bird species and the mnemonics used to help remember
breed and song.
· Carolina Chickadee- "chick' a dee- dee- dee"
· Blue Jay- "Jay"
· Acadian Flycatcher- "pizza"
· American Robin- "cheer up; cheerily, cheer up, cheer up"
· Gray Catbird- "meow, meow, meow"
· Eastern Phoebe- "phoe-be, phoe-be"
· American Crow- "caw, caw, caw"
· Tufted Titmouse- "peter, peter, peter"
· Carolina Wren- "teakettle, teakettle, teakettle"
Bird songs are not only a wonderful tool for bird lovers to utilize
when determining bird species; they are beautiful and pleasant
to listen to as well. |
