Baby birds can be demanding, constantly asking their parents for food. With all this calling for some grub things can get pretty noisy, luckily parents can tell the difference between the calls of chicks so that they know they are feeding their own babies. New research by German and Swiss ornithologists (people that study birds) have now shown that it’s not just about knowing who your kids are, it’s also about hearing how hungry they are.
By studying golden-backed weaver birds in Kenya researchers have discovered that the chicks change their calls the hungrier they get. As the chick’s stomach rumbles they change their tune, with each baby bird calling out their own unique ‘feed me’ song. It’s up to the parents to learn these different calls as their babies bust out the music notes to tell mom and dad just how hungry they are.
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that’s soooooo sad hope i can help
soooooooo sad i want to cry my brains out!!!!!!
poor birds! 🙁
i wish i was there to help itis very sad.
At my house, we had robins nest and there were like 3 babys and they were so cute
poor birds how can i help?
i love birds sooo much i wish i to help.
cool
nice
cool and I heiped a robin mom ceep its chics safe from other people.
under my deck their is a robins nest and i peaked in a crack in the boards today and same their were hatch !!