Morning Overview on MSN

Australia’s lyrebird can mimic chainsaws and camera shutters with unsettling precision

In the forests of southeastern Australia, a listener might hear a chainsaw revving, a camera shutter clicking, or a car alarm wailing, only to discover the source is a bird. The lyrebird is one of the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A lyrebird can mimic a chainsaw, a camera shutter and other birds with uncanny precision

Australia’s lyrebirds do not merely repeat one borrowed call. A male can assemble a long performance from the voices of ...
The Atlantic

You’ve Almost Certainly Been Duped by a Bird

On a dusky evening in 2007, while completing her Ph.D., Laura Kelley was traipsing through the backwoods of Queensland, Australia, when she heard her landlady shouting for her cat. Bonnie! Bonnie!
Labroots

This Bird Can Mimic Almost Any Sound Accurately

Birds of all kinds are renowned for their calls, songs, and relentless chirps. Some birds use their calls to communicate with one another, while others use their calls to attract mates. One such ...