Bright flags in the breeze. — haiku by Harry Morgan, Pleasanton Dear Gary: I am an avid listener to the many sounds surrounding our rural home in the Altamont hills. One recent morning while listening ...

Although the Northern Mockingbird seems to have the most recognized reputation as a sound mimic among the songbirds, there are other songbirds (not parrots) with more expansive repertoires and several ...

SANTA CRUZ — A murmuration of European starlings pulsates over houses on Quarry Lane in Santa Cruz as the sky is painted in ...

When scientists played R2-D2’s famous bleeps and whistles for a group of birds, they weren’t expecting a concert — but that’s exactly what they got. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and ...

If I were introduced by a famous person at one of my programs, I would keep that story going for as long as possible. As the ...

Bird songs have served as a source of inspiration for composers since the Medieval era. Few musical tricks bring nature into the concert hall better than echoing a bird call. Canadian composer Jordan ...

At least some birds can learn a pattern once proposed as unique to the grammars of human languages, say researchers. Starlings trained in a lab have learned to distinguish between sounds strung ...