Program Information — Series 1 & 2

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Importance of Song

Program Description

The male song sparrow sings over 9 hours a day during the breeding season. One red-eyed vireo sang over 22,000 songs in a single day. Both illustrate the importance of song for courtship and territorial display.

Program & Recording Notes

Chris Tenney recorded the Hutton's vireo in Salinas and the song sparrow in the Los Padres National Forest. The red-eyed vireo's song can be found on the CD collection A Field Guide to Western Bird Songs produced by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for the Peterson Field Guide Series.

Series 1
Introduction
Vocal Range
Importance of Song
Avoiding Monotony
Learning Song
Hip Hop Mimicry
Hummingbird Complexity
Syrinx Anatomy
Internal Duets (Cardinal)
Internal Duets (Cowbird)
Internal Duets (Thrushes)
Syrinx & Pan Pipes

Series 2
Songs & Calls
Call Repertoires
Alarm Calls
Mobbing Calls
Call Notes
Cross-Species Alarms
Pishing
Breathing
Lungs & Air Sacs
Circular Breathing
Resonance
Cooing



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