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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-134-972649335 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Lois, On 23-Mar-07, at 7:41 PM, Lois Codling wrote: > Speaking of Killdeer, James, I heard one about 3 wks. ago, but > realized after awhile that the sound was coming from a Starling. > Today I heard a Comm. Yellowthroat while soaking up some of that > lovely sunshine & warmth, but the source was the same. So I'm > wondering about Starling memories. How long can they remember a > sound in order to duplicate it? Have they recently heard a > Killdeer and a Comm. Yellowthroat? We've had Starlings around all > winter, and I assume this was one of our year-round residents. Has > it really remembered these bird calls over the winter? Clearly, it has. Here's an article from National Geographic, not pertaining to vocal memory, but to long-term memory related to migration. That indicates that many birds have excellent long-term memory. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ 2003/04/0429_030429_birdbrains.html Cheers, Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-134-972649335 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Lois,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 23-Mar-07, at 7:41 PM, Lois Codling wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Speaking of Killdeer, James, I heard one about 3 = wks. ago, but realized after awhile that the sound was coming from a = Starling.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Today I heard = a Comm. Yellowthroat while soaking up some of that lovely sunshine & = warmth, but the source was the same.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>So I'm wondering about = Starling memories.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>How = long can they remember a sound in order to duplicate it?<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Have they recently heard a = Killdeer and a Comm. Yellowthroat?<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0= </SPAN>We've had Starlings around all winter, and I assume this was one = of our year-round residents.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Has it really remembered these bird calls over the = winter?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Clearly, it has.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here's an article from = National Geographic, not pertaining to vocal memory, but to long-term = memory related to migration. That indicates that many birds have = excellent long-term memory.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0429_030429_birdbr= ains.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0429_030429_bir= dbrains.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris<BR><DIV> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-134-972649335--
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