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The weather is more and more pleasant, here is the warm spring, the hormones are waking up and this is how the birds around us feel it. And humans open our windows more and more often and listen to their songs, chirps and trills. The bird chorus is becoming more and more popular around us, as many migratory birds are also returning here recently to the Northern Hemisphere, and spring is a period of bird mating and nesting, so the song is played.
However, the function of the sound cavalcade is quite prosaic, and we call it singing only because of our romantic human inclination, Zoltán Orbán, spokesperson for the Hungarian Association for Nature Conservation and Ornithology, explained to the Index:
Because your bird is basically like the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, spiced up with some pubic mouthpieces. It’s a courtship for the hens, it’s nice to do, and for rival males it’s a kind of “get out of here because I’m breaking your face,” kind of tough.
The behavioral ecology of all of this is incredibly complicated, says Zoltán Orbán, because everything in life is about energy, so in a bird song, both the hen and the rival male observe how varied and dynamic the sound is. This is because the male who is in better physical shape is capable of making a louder voice, and it is desirable that the hen mate with him, as he proves to be the best genetic herd, while the rival male also loves everything. The issue. because it would be foolish to tie up the stronger than him.
Birdsong is therefore bar-mouthed karate to their advantage, as the birds talk to each other while instinctively avoiding risky physical fights, since in a possible fight the possibility of injuring a challenger is not ruled out. louder, which can be an obvious drawback in the blink of an eye.
I’ll blow your mind baby
Sometimes, like humans, birds overindulge. An excellent example of this is the loudest feathered creature in the world, the bulging bird that rings the bell, which, under the guise of courtship, actually hits the head of the lady of its heart. The male of this pigeon-sized bird in South America can scream at a volume of up to 110 decibels, so let’s not embellish it: it roars like a hands-free rock band and its voice is very reminiscent of a bell. This “singing” is literally a painful experience for the human ear, since for us, 85 decibels is the highest volume value that we can handle without even damaging our hearing. It is a question of how lumpy females can tolerate this. But that should be your business.
Spring birdsong peaks in April and May, and then the field fades a bit during the breeding season, as there is work at that time, the chicks have to be fed. Then comes the second breeding season in June and July, and finally the landscape fades again in August. Let’s enjoy your peak until then!
(Cover image: A bird sings in a reed near Rochford, England, on July 13, 2015. Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
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