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- Woodpeckers, which don’t sing but do drum on trees, have brain regions that are similar to those of songbirds. The finding is surprising because songbirds use these regions to learn their songs at an early age, yet it’s not clear if woodpeckers learn their drum beats. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds 4 comments science
- Woodpeckers, which don’t sing but do drum on trees, have brain regions that are similar to those of songbirds. The finding is surprising because songbirds use these regions to learn their songs at an early age, yet it’s not clear if woodpeckers learn their drum beats. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-drumming-bird-brain-behavior-songbirds 4 comments science
- Some songbirds now migrate east to west. Climate change may play a role https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bird-songbird-migration-east-west-climate-change 4 comments science
- Flare’s Canary Network Songbird (decentralized smart contract platform leveraging the Ethereum Virtual Machine) Successfully Passes Observation Stage https://btcmanager.com/flare-canary-network-songbird-observation-stage/ 5 comments ethereum
- Hundreds of migrating songbirds crash into NYC skyscrapers https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-environment-and-nature-new-york-manhattan-new-york-city-baf07c81dc9fa8da53d4eac627129f7d 9 comments worldnews
- If you live in affected areas, please remove bird feeders. Songbirds are mysteriously dying across the eastern U.S. Scientists are scrambling to find out why https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/songbirds-are-mysteriously-dying-across-eastern-us-scientists-are-scrambling-find-out 3 comments environment
- Songbirds Are Dying Across Several US States, And We Still Don't Know Why https://www.sciencealert.com/songbirds-are-mysteriously-dying-across-several-us-states 9 comments science
- A Mystery Illness Is Killing Mid-Atlantic Songbirds https://www.npr.org/2021/07/02/1012541984/a-mystery-illness-is-killing-mid-atlantic-songbirds 5 comments nature
- France's highest appeals court outlaws the hunting practice of trapping songbirds with glue https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-highest-appeals-court-rules-glue-trapping-songbirds-is-illegal-2021-06-28/ 121 comments worldnews
- On the Menu at a Lunch in Italy: Protected Songbirds https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/europe/italy-lunch-songbirds.html?action=click&module=in%20other%20news&pgtype=homepage 3 comments worldnews
- Study finds songbirds are changing their arrival time at migratory rest stops amid global warming. https://academictimes.com/songbirds-are-changing-their-arrival-time-at-migratory-rest-stops-amid-rising-temperatures/ 6 comments science
- Scientists have found a rare half-male, half-female songbird https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/22/us/half-male-half-female-songbird-scn-trnd/index.html 10 comments science
- This gorgeous songbird is half male, half female https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/10/rose-breasted-grosbeak-half-male-half-female/ 12 comments science
- New research at the University of Saskatchewan shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in songbird populations. https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/usask-led-study-shows-insecticides-threaten-survival-of-wild-birds.php 12 comments worldnews
- Crows can voluntarily control the release and onset of their calls, suggesting that songbird vocalizations are under cognitive control. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/p-ccc082019.php 4 comments science
- Study compared spiral shape of songbird sperm cells of 36 bird species and found that species whose sperm had a particularly distinct spiral or corkscrew shape also had sperm with high average swimming speed. However, those species also tended to have high rates of abnormal or damaged sperm. https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/nhmu-sbs040419.php 4 comments science
- 'Songbird John' McCain? No evidence McCain helped enemy in Vietnam http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jan/17/vietnam-veterans-against-john-mccain/no-evidence-mccain-was-a-traitor/ 51 comments politics
- A Fox Host Has Apologized After A Guest Said That Torture Worked On "Songbird" John McCain https://www.buzzfeed.com/remysmidt/fox-business-host-apology-john-mccain-torture-songbird 24 comments politics
- Fox News military analyst says torture is effective because it worked on 'Songbird' John McCain http://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-military-analyst-torture-worked-on-john-mccain-2018-5 17 comments politics
- Fox Business Guest: Torture ‘Worked’ On ‘Songbird John’ McCain https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-analyst-torture-worked-on-songbird-john-mccain 56 comments politics
- Fox military analyst says torture worked on McCain: 'They call him Songbird John' http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/387132-fox-military-analyst-says-torture-worked-on-mccain-they-call 3181 comments politics
- Ornithologists may have spent three decades looking for a bird that never was. According to a new study, the elusiveness of the Liberian greenbul, the rarest of songbirds, can be explained by its lack of existence. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/11187/ 8 comments science
- Adult songbirds modify their vocalizations when singing to juveniles in the same way that humans alter their speech when talking to babies. The resulting brain activity in young birds could shed light on speech learning and some developmental disorders in humans according to a study on zebra finches https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160531165239.htm 4 comments science
- George P. Bush calls for de-listing of endangered Texas songbird http://politics.blog.statesman.com/2015/07/07/george-p-bush-calls-for-de-listing-of-endangered-texas-songbird/ 4 comments politics
- Male songbirds that sleep late risk having their female partners mate with another male http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7555/full/522131a.html 6 comments science
- Scientists have suspected that the blackpoll warbler—a small, 12-gram songbird—made non-stop migrations over open water to its winter habitats. To find out, ecologist Bill DeLuca and his team caught a flight on the birds by strapping small geolocators onto their backs. http://sciencefriday.com/segment/04/03/2015/catching-a-non-stop-transatlantic-flight-on-a-songbird-s-back.html 7 comments science
- French chefs seek to put banned songbird back on menu http://www.newseveryday.com/articles/1071/20140917/french-chefs-seek-to-put-banned-songbird-back-on-menu.htm 10 comments nottheonion
- Are high-quality mates always attractive? "A recent experiment in songbirds demonstrated for the first time that manipulation of female condition can lead to divergent female preferences, with low-quality females actively preferring low-quality males over high-quality males." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc2918774/ 4 comments science
- Getting Songbird to recognize IPod http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/12 5 comments techsupport
- Songbird - The open-source, extensible, Firefox-based alternative to iTunes http://getsongbird.com 24 comments software
- Best music manager to replace Songbird? http://getsongbird.com/ 8 comments techsupport
- Researchers find 19 million-year-old genomic fossils of hepatitis B-like viruses in songbirds http://www.physorg.com/news204883317.html 4 comments science
- Install Songbird 1.1.2 on Ubuntu with one click http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/04/install-songbird-112-on-ubuntu-with-one.html 5 comments linux
- 10 Things Songbird Does That iTunes Can’t http://blog.audiojungle.net/resources/10-things-songbird-does-that-itunes-cant/# 2 comments technology
- Songbird 1.0 Flies: Flock of New Features on the Horizon http://ostatic.com/blog/songbird-1-0-flies-flock-of-new-features-on-the-horizon 7 comments opensource
- Songbird 1.0 is released! http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/release_notes/1.0.0 14 comments apple
- Songbird Music Player Challenges iTunes With Major Update --- Wired http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/songbird-music.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Singing the Songbird 0.2: A Viable, Cross-platform Alternative to iTunes? http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/10/singing-songbird-02.html 13 comments reddit.com
- Songbird, the "open source iTunes killer," flies today http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/08/songbird_the_open_so.html 11 comments reddit.com