Anna's hummingbirds chirp with their tails
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have analysed the chirp made by male Anna's humminbirds as they swoop down towards a female.
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The snipe uses its tail feathers to make a display "song", called "drumming" so this would not be unique in the bird world. A very different scale though.
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i also live right next to berkley, i can see it from my porch =)
so i definitely know they have plenty of these birds around to study =D
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man the humming birds at my house do this aaaalll day
i thought it was a threat thing at first but then i realized its probably a mating thing.
man im hearing that chirp noise all the time
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Hey yall, this is science/ecology - We're all learning. But given what Ive read here I am going to unsubscribe from so-called hummingbirdcentral ...
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do you think i really care what you say. your postings amusing and useless just like you. You're the MORON!!!
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coooool
=D
I want one!
BloomingWithJoy1 4 years ago 6
yes- don't you realise?... I'm a young Anna's hummingbird and I need to know what I'm meant to do! ;)
gnamp 4 years ago 3