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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...visual recordings show that most birds' songs are not intended for clumsy human ears. A few of them (e.g., the songs of whippoorwills and song sparrows) can be heard complete, but others contain many parts that are too high-pitched. When heard by human ears, the golden crowned kinglet's song, for instance, must be a pale shadow of what it sounds like to another golden crowned kinglet, which can appreciate all of its highest notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Visible Bird Song | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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