This is cool: they used recordings from wild #honeyeaters to teach the young #birds in the zoo the original songs.

But also kind of sad: “The full version of the wild song taught to zoo-bred males disappeared from the wild during the study, making the zoo population the only remaining source of traditional song culture.”

https://www.biographic.com/singing-teachers-for-honeyeaters/

#songbirds #birdsongs #conservation #zoo

Der Tanz der Elstern
Dance of the Magpies
Mai 2020
#Elstern -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/21606

#tiere #vögel #singvögel #rabenvögel #tierfotografie #uerdingen #krefeld #niederrhein #ElfratherSee #animals #birds #songbirds #corvids #magpies #WildlifePhotography #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography