Common yellowthroat
Chapter 5: More about Song Learning
Subchapter: Big decisions: When, where, and from whom to learn
From page 58 in the book.
Photo by Wil Hershberger
Example 1. One song from each of two neighboring birds with similar songs (♫210). You can also listen to longer recordings of each male: ♫214, ♫215. May 21, 2014. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport, Massachusetts (with ocean waves). (0:10, 2:12, 1:47)
♫210—one song from each of two neighboring males
♫214, ♫215—longer recordings from those two neighbors
Example 2. One song from each of two neighboring birds with similar songs (♫211). Longer recordings of each male: ♫216, ♫217. May 28 and 30, 2015. East Leverett Meadow, Leverett, Massachusetts. (0:10, 0:57, 1:12)
♫211—one song from each of two neighboring males
♫216, ♫217—longer recordings from those two neighbors
One song from each of two neighboring birds with similar songs, example 3 (♫212). Longer recordings of each male: ♫218, ♫219. May 30, 2015. East Leverett Meadow, Leverett, Massachusetts. (0:09, 0:53, 0:55)
♫212—one song from each of two neighboring males
♫218, ♫219—longer recordings from those two neighbors
One song from each of two neighboring birds with similar songs, example 4 (♫213). Longer recordings of each male: ♫220, ♫221. June 3, 2016. Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota. (0:10, 0:41, 0:37)
♫213—one song from each of two neighboring males
♫220, ♫221—longer recordings from those two neighbors