I watched two cardinals on a bare branch today, one with wings aquiver, leaning toward its parent and asking to be fed with a loud chirp. The mother obliged by placing a bit of sunflower chip in its ...

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It goes a little something like this: A young male zebra finch, whose father taught him a song, shared that song with a brother, with the two youngsters then creating new tunes based on dad’s ...

Just as the coffee was being made, a bird burst into song right over my head. The kitchen skylight lets us see into the plum tree's blossoms where the singer was perched. A male house finch with head ...

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(Credit: Hayk_Shalunts/shutterstock) Zebra finch males sing just one song their entire lives. It's a tune to woo females and keep away other males. Now scientists ...