“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.”
― Murray Bookchin
Avatar: a house sparrow in a guitar [photo by me]
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i’ve been reading a great book on bird intelligence. there’s a whole chapter devoted to bird “speech” and language learning. it’s absolutely fascinating and the answer is yes, birds have accents and dialects. they learn their songs in a way very similar to how we learn language.
the book is the genius of birds by jennifer ackerman
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I’d love to read something positive. is there an article you can share?
birds have been on the decline for decades.
so to sum up, populations of insects that feed on/harm trees are growing and more able to complete their life cycles given the warmer winters. i don’t really subscribe to the philosophy of hobbes, but this makes me think of the road and how there were just no more trees. would be a brutish existence indeed never to hear a bird sing again nor find shade beneath the branches of a towering oak.
i saw that one. i will probably pick that up next.