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Subject: How we hear birds
From: Chris Corben <>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 11:26:31 -0500
I hear "You're right " !!

But obviously, I'm not!

Cheers, Chris.


On 5/17/2018 3:44 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
This thing is doing the rounds of Facebook, etc, at the moment - a recording of 
a voice that sounds like it's saying either Laurel or Yanny depending on how 
good your high frequency hearing is.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-16/laurel-or-yanny-what-you-hear-could-depend-on-hearing-loss/9768478

If different people can hear such different things from one recording, is it 
any wonder the bird call descriptions in field guides don't make sense to 
everyone?

Peter Shute

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