Learning the lyrics of birdsong

May 2021

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Dianne Brunton says birdsong is like a human language
A lot can be learned from studying birdsong, and new technology may be instrumental in the future of bird conservation. The forest has language if you know how to listen. There is the gobbledigook of tūī, the laughter of tīeke, the drunken slurs of kererū; that much we can recognise, but how much do we […]
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