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Here's a bird singing pirate of Caribbean tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpR8BeLR_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpR8BeLR_Q Another singing Adam's

Here's a bird singing pirate of Caribbean tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpR8BeLR_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDpR8BeLR_Q Another singing Adam's family reunion tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_tPNYgy58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_tPNYgy58 And finally Star wars Darth Vader tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjoCi04Rxwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjoCi04Rxwg

Stevvo 6y ago
I have a speaker in my garden that plays bird songs to the birds, recorded from those same birds. They interact with the 'birds' in the speaker by singing back to them. I'm curious if I could infect those birds with new songs by editing those recordings.
- gbrown 6y ago
  That may be harmful to some birds, FYI. Among wildlife photographers, playing bird calls is sometimes considered unethical as it can interfere with their natural behavior, cause stress responses, interfere with mating activity, etc. Guide from Audubon on using calls: https://www.audubon.org/news/how-use-birdcall-apps https://www.audubon.org/news/how-use-birdcall-apps
- tzs 6y ago
  I've on occasion been sitting on my deck reading, while numerous birds are there eating the seeds and peanuts I put out on the deck rail for them and the squirrels. A few times I've played bird sounds from Cornell's "Merlin" app [1] for them from my iPad. So far I've not got any response at all that I could detect. I've tried playing sounds from the same species, including alarm or distress calls, and I've tried playing calls from their predators such as hawks that are known to be in this area. I wonder if the iPad is just not high enough fidelity to fool them? PS: if it worked I wasn't going to keep doing it. I just wanted to see if they would be fooled by my iPad. Obviously I don't actually want to scare the birds away--if I didn't mind birds I wouldn't be putting out food for them in the first place. [1] https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
  - Exmoor 6y ago
    The level of response is going to depend a lot on the type of call and time of year. Playing a song to a bird that's on territory during the breeding season will often elicit a very aggressive response. Of course, this assumes you're playing a call from the same species. A Song Sparrow likely isn't likely going to care about a White-Crowned Sparrow song, for instance. One trick birders use to elicit a response from birds is "pishing," [0] which imitates a lot of species scolding calls and gets other birds to come check out the perceived threat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvdhovTgRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvdhovTgRo
nneonneo 6y ago
Note that these are all cockatiels, very intelligent parrots that will readily pick up and replay sounds they hear. This is quite distinct from sparrows and most songbirds, which only seem to pick up certain songs.
- deleted 6y ago
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- sva_ 6y ago
  Even more fascinating, in my opinion, are Lyrebirds [0]. They have been observed the imitate artificial (human-made) sounds such as those of camera shutter, chainsaws [1], and construction work [2]. Not only do I find it impressive that they're capable of producing these kinds of sounds, but probably much more the necessary memory-recall for this. Birds have rather little brain-mass after all, so they must have some excellent way of 'sampling', distinguishing, and storing auditory stimuli. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird [1] https://youtu.be/VjE0Kdfos4Y?t=104 https://youtu.be/VjE0Kdfos4Y?t=104 [2] https://youtu.be/C0ZffIh0-NA https://youtu.be/C0ZffIh0-NA
  - stan_rogers 6y ago
    I expect that, sometime before I die, there will be a clip of a lyrebird doing a David Attenborough narration of a clip of a lyrebird imitating David Attenborough marvelling at some sound that a lyrebird is making.
  - xtiansimon 6y ago
    Yet more evidence of Dangerous Memes, if one presumes as a result of imitating a chainsaw, our Lyrebird is disadvantaged in reproduction. https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-what-the-pandorans-let-loose/ https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-wh...
tzs 6y ago
And if you can't sing, you can dance: https://www.sciencealert.com/snowball-the-dancing-cockatoo-has-invented-a-whole-new-repertoire-without-any-training https://www.sciencealert.com/snowball-the-dancing-cockatoo-h...
csomar 6y ago
These are parrots. While technically birds, they are very known to have incredible voice capabilities. Ravens can talk really well, and are incredibly smart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3dOam9Hg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3dOam9Hg4
- teddyh 6y ago
  Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
sb057 6y ago
Some more for the heck of it: iPhone ringtone: https://vimeo.com/247872788 https://vimeo.com/247872788 Chocobo theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010 My Neighbor Totoro theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYqqjsYE6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYqqjsYE6I

Stevvo 6y ago

I have a speaker in my garden that plays bird songs to the birds, recorded from those same birds. They interact with the 'birds' in the speaker by singing back to them. I'm curious if I could infect those birds with new songs by editing those recordings.

gbrown 6y ago
That may be harmful to some birds, FYI. Among wildlife photographers, playing bird calls is sometimes considered unethical as it can interfere with their natural behavior, cause stress responses, interfere with mating activity, etc. Guide from Audubon on using calls: https://www.audubon.org/news/how-use-birdcall-apps https://www.audubon.org/news/how-use-birdcall-apps
tzs 6y ago
I've on occasion been sitting on my deck reading, while numerous birds are there eating the seeds and peanuts I put out on the deck rail for them and the squirrels. A few times I've played bird sounds from Cornell's "Merlin" app [1] for them from my iPad. So far I've not got any response at all that I could detect. I've tried playing sounds from the same species, including alarm or distress calls, and I've tried playing calls from their predators such as hawks that are known to be in this area. I wonder if the iPad is just not high enough fidelity to fool them? PS: if it worked I wasn't going to keep doing it. I just wanted to see if they would be fooled by my iPad. Obviously I don't actually want to scare the birds away--if I didn't mind birds I wouldn't be putting out food for them in the first place. [1] https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
- Exmoor 6y ago
  The level of response is going to depend a lot on the type of call and time of year. Playing a song to a bird that's on territory during the breeding season will often elicit a very aggressive response. Of course, this assumes you're playing a call from the same species. A Song Sparrow likely isn't likely going to care about a White-Crowned Sparrow song, for instance. One trick birders use to elicit a response from birds is "pishing," [0] which imitates a lot of species scolding calls and gets other birds to come check out the perceived threat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvdhovTgRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvdhovTgRo

nneonneo 6y ago

Note that these are all cockatiels, very intelligent parrots that will readily pick up and replay sounds they hear. This is quite distinct from sparrows and most songbirds, which only seem to pick up certain songs.

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sva_ 6y ago
Even more fascinating, in my opinion, are Lyrebirds [0]. They have been observed the imitate artificial (human-made) sounds such as those of camera shutter, chainsaws [1], and construction work [2]. Not only do I find it impressive that they're capable of producing these kinds of sounds, but probably much more the necessary memory-recall for this. Birds have rather little brain-mass after all, so they must have some excellent way of 'sampling', distinguishing, and storing auditory stimuli. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird [1] https://youtu.be/VjE0Kdfos4Y?t=104 https://youtu.be/VjE0Kdfos4Y?t=104 [2] https://youtu.be/C0ZffIh0-NA https://youtu.be/C0ZffIh0-NA
- stan_rogers 6y ago
  I expect that, sometime before I die, there will be a clip of a lyrebird doing a David Attenborough narration of a clip of a lyrebird imitating David Attenborough marvelling at some sound that a lyrebird is making.
- xtiansimon 6y ago
  Yet more evidence of Dangerous Memes, if one presumes as a result of imitating a chainsaw, our Lyrebird is disadvantaged in reproduction. https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-what-the-pandorans-let-loose/ https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-wh...

tzs 6y ago

And if you can't sing, you can dance: https://www.sciencealert.com/snowball-the-dancing-cockatoo-has-invented-a-whole-new-repertoire-without-any-training https://www.sciencealert.com/snowball-the-dancing-cockatoo-h...

csomar 6y ago

These are parrots. While technically birds, they are very known to have incredible voice capabilities. Ravens can talk really well, and are incredibly smart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3dOam9Hg4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3dOam9Hg4

teddyh 6y ago
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”

sb057 6y ago

Some more for the heck of it: iPhone ringtone: https://vimeo.com/247872788 https://vimeo.com/247872788 Chocobo theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010 My Neighbor Totoro theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYqqjsYE6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvYqqjsYE6I