COLUMN: What did that bird just say?
Most people and most birds share two things. We communicate using sound, and what we see often shapes the way we live.
Many birds have better eyesight than we do, and many hear sounds beyond our own earshot. But we mammals certainly have learned to listen in to our feathered neighbors.
Though it is not clear if our ancestors learned to make music after hearing birds, it is clear that bird sounds have influenced how we…
