Why the song sparrow might be nature's best DJ Instead of playing the same old tune, male song sparrow's sing a variety of songs to keep potential mates interested. Animals.

What a male song sparrow sings in each moment is dependent on what he sang 30 minutes ago and suggests that the birds don't have a 'bird brain,' but incredible memory and recall capacities.

"It means that what a male song sparrow sings in the moment depends on what he sang as much as 30 minutes ago," the university explained. That's an impressive time span to cover.

Male song sparrows keep track of the order of their songs and how often each one is sung for up to 30 minutes, according to experiments in southwestern Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

The terms "Dickie Birds" or "Little Brown Jobs" (LBJ's for short) are reserved for a group ...

The tweets of a little song sparrow and its 'bird brain' are a lot more complex and akin to human language than anyone realized. A new study finds that male sparrows deliberately shuffle and mix ...

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The song of the male song sparrow is not just for territory defense. It’s a mating call, too. When asked if some males have songs that females find especially appealing, ...

I have never found a song sparrow nest, but assume they are nesting somewhere nearby, or that male wouldn’t be singing from the top of my quince bush every morning.

But until now, the song sparrow has flown beneath our radar. It is, after all, easy to take song sparrows for granted. They are almost everywhere most of the time.