Ovenbird
Chapter 8: How Songs Change over Space and Time
Subchapter: Each individual has its own song
From page 138 in the book.
Photo by John Van de Graaff
Listen for the rather subtle differences in teacher intonations in the three songs from each of three neighboring males in examples 1, 2, and 3.
♫555. Example 1. June 2, 2017. Daughters of the American Revolution State Forest, Goshen, Massachusetts. (0:54)
♫556. Example 2. June 2, 2017. Daughters of the American Revolution State Forest, Goshen, Massachusetts. (0:34)
♫557. Example 3. June 5, 2017. Daughters of the American Revolution State Forest, Goshen, Massachusetts. (0:31)
♫558. Closer listening: Listen to one song from each of the above birds, first at normal speed, then half speed, then to a few excerpted teacher phrases from each bird at one-quarter and one-eighth speed. Now we begin to hear what the birds hear! (1:26)
♫559. Using your ability to distinguish individual ovenbirds by their songs, follow along with how these two males sing as they creep along the forest floor. May 7, 2008. Quabbin Park, Ware, Massachusetts. (23:32)