When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes in pitch, in tone and in volume, but in nature rather than in music. You ...

Unlike humans, parrots do not have vocal cords, but instead, have an organ called the syrinx. Located in the trachea of the bird, the syrinx can reproduce or imitate almost any sound. Parrots are ...

Listening to bird songs and calls can help identify species and connect with the sounds of nature. An ornithologist provides ...

Parrots are very smart birds. They can learn words and even copy sounds but many people forget that these birds also need ...