Interesting Magpie research

www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/17/australian-magpies-can-understand-other-bird-calls-study-finds

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How we hear birds

This thing is doing the rounds of Facebook, etc, at the moment – a recording of a voice that sounds like it’s saying either Laurel or Yanny depending on how good your high frequency hearing is.

www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-16/laurel-or-yanny-what-you-hear-could-depend-on-hearing-loss/9768478

If different people can hear such different things from one recording, is it any wonder the bird call . . . → Read More: How we hear birds

Fwd: Wedge-tailed Eagle

Surely one Wedge-tailed Eagle observed flying over somewhere in a city is not that strange. Inner Melbourne and Sydney probably. I don’t wish to sound too privileged but on average, I have a Wedge-tailed Eagle observed from my home, flying over at least a few times a year. Admittedly Canberra is rather special and they . . . → Read More: Fwd: Wedge-tailed Eagle