Re: bird vocalisations

[(John Leonard)]

>The question is whether birds also do this - that is do they have certain
>calls for say, owls and other calls for raptors flying overhead, snakes,
>humans etc. Also do other species also have special calls when mobbing owls
>as my experience (limited as it is) is that they just chatter and "scold"
>in a frenzy.
>

I don't know about specific vocalisations, but my general impression is that
when birds see humans they might give alarm calls, but the alarm calls they
give when they see raptors, owls &c are much louder and more frenzied. ie
they're quite worried by humans, but dead frightened of raptors.



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Dr John Leonard
PO Box 243, Woden,
ACT 2606, AUSTRALIA

"a major part of the work of praeter-modernity
will be the refabrication of authenticites."

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