For the second time in a week a bird-icious thank you goes out to Liz and Tony Cutrone, Tiffiny Hamlin and all the other staff members at Wild Birds Unlimited for making room in their store for me to talk again about "Bird Song as Language."
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| Indigo bunting |
This time we looked at the different types of vocalizations used by 12 additional species that can be found in your backyards. But we added a few of the summer species like the indigo bunting, gray catbird and wood thrush that will be returning to the Tennessee Valley next month. Plus we looked at a few species that are not songbirds but are nevertheless highly vocal.
For a bird, being vocal is energy draining and reveals its location to possible predators. Every time a bird sings or calls it is putting itself in harms way. Yet, birds ARE highly vocal and communicative with each other! The risk is worth it.
And since this is the beginning of nesting season for many of the birds that nest in our backyards, they are being very vocal and starting to defend the territories surrounding their nest sites.
Wild Birds Unlimited is located in the Gallery Shopping Center at 7240 Kingston Pike Knoxville.
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| Liz Cutrone and Assistant Manager Tiffiny Hamlin |
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