To begin with, Gonzaga environmental studies professor Jon Isacoff offers a caution. He says there may be a point where he has to go off the record to talk about what he really thinks about, say, ...

A pair of researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden discovered that in two bird species, the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) and collared flycatcher (F. albicollis), fledglings as young as 10 ...

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There are several birds that chirp melodies through the skies; these are known as songbirds, and scientists have always wondered where songbirds get their songs from. Some of the most widely-accepted ...

To reach Beverly Fleming, call 824-4423 or email [email protected]. A pair of Great Crested Flycatchers (Myiarchus crinitus) have taken up residence in the martin house by the pond on the upper ...

Behaviour, Vol. 144, No. 10 (Oct., 2007), pp. 1161-1178 (18 pages) In the hole-nesting pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca, a male may become polyterritorial after attracting a primary female. However ...

A recent study has shown that juvenile songbirds react to hearing the songs they will eventually produce as adults, even when they are as young as 12 days old. Experiments conducted on nestling pied ...

Mnemonics help to remember bird names. For example, the chickadee is a well-named species, its call sounding like “chicka-dee-dee-dee.” The olive-sided flycatcher has a bit more flair to its famed ...

Do birds change their tune in response to urban noise? It depends on the bird species, according to new research. Their work shows that while some birds do adapt their songs in noisy conditions by ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 39, No. 4 (1996), pp. 227-235 (9 pages) Least flycatchers (Empidonax minimus) and American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) overlap in the use of food ...

David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen in Arkansas. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is just one. This family of birds, known as ...