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Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex calls

  • Written by Sofia Marie Haley, Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Ecology, University of Nevada, Reno
Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex callsMountain chickadees are unusual in having more complex calls than songs.Vladimir Pravosudov

I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A cacophony of sounds, coming from the many different bird species that rely on the Sierra Nevada’s diverse pine cone crop, fill the crisp mountain air.

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