The sound of droplets striking water: How cowbirds control two sound sources in the syrinx to create 'liquid notes'

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets striking water, a quick burst followed by a fading ripple.
Victoria Advocate

Nature Notes: Is that a crow?

Nature Notes is a weekly column provided by Gulf Coast Bird Observatory ...
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Buzzing chainsaws, clattering machine guns and metallic hammering: 7 of the weirdest bird noises on Earth

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...
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This bird’s song sounds exactly like dripping water. Scientists just worked out how it does it

According to co-author Brenton Cooper, a neuroscientist who studies speech and language, cowbirds briefly hold their breath ...
Los Angeles Times

It ‘penetrates your bones’: Day laborers protest noise machines installed at Home Depot

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Advocates and local city officials held a news conference Wednesday urging Home Depot to remove noise machines ...