Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Dysart

Hummingbird. In all three groups of birds with vocal learning abilities -- songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds -- the brain structures for singing and learning to sing are embedded in areas controlling movement.

2 posted on 03/12/2008 11:57:02 AM PDT by Dysart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Dysart

Never heard a hummingbird do anything but buzz like a bee.


3 posted on 03/12/2008 11:59:21 AM PDT by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: Dysart
Bird Brains Suggest How Vocal Learning Evolved

What would the Global warming crowd know about avian evolution??

7 posted on 03/12/2008 12:06:32 PM PDT by mikrofon (Science BUMP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

To: Dysart
Glad to read your post. Hummies are indeed intelligent. If you can get close enough and gain their confidence, you'll learn a lot. ;)


10 posted on 03/12/2008 12:57:19 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson