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

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

Members of the Pravosudov lab catch and release resident chickadees to attach identifying bands that allow the researchers to track individual birds.(Sofia Haley) I spend my days out at our field site in the beautiful Sierra Nevada, following and recording chickadees as they communicate with each other. I have taken numerous focal recordings, where I stand in the forest with a directional microphone, identifying vocalizations and behaviors in re…