Keywords and topics that are found in this program: endocrinology, recording
sounds, sonograms, dialects, nature versus nurture and bird songs.
| Topic |
Time |
| Mystery animal quiz |
00:05 |
| Endocrinologist / endocrinology / avian endocrinology |
01:20 |
| Hormones |
01:34 |
| Do birds have dialects? |
02:13 |
| How important is it to have and listen to multiple songs/calls of
birds species? |
03:20 |
| Do birds species all sing the same song? |
04:06 |
| Mockingbird songs |
04:56 |
| Song Sparrow comparison |
06:14 |
| Recording 1 |
06:42 |
| Recording 2 |
06:56 |
| Do birds learn how to sing? |
07:53 |
| Can birds learn to sing after being in isolation? Like humans
learning a second language later in life. |
09:09 |
| Do all birds sing and call? |
10:42 |
| Do both male and female birds sing? |
11:39 |
| What got you started recording songs and calls? |
13:16 |
| What equipment is used to make recordings of birds? |
14:39 |
| Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary on the web. |
16:13 |
| Sonograms, what are they, and what do they tell us about
recordings? |
17:49 |
| How is bird anatomy different than humans, and why can they make
sounds humans cannot make? |
20:09 |
| Bird sounds in the movies |
21:24 |
| Brown-headed cowbird |
21:48 |
| What is involved in getting a recording? |
22:06 |
| Chorus of five birds singing in a virtual back yard. |
23:53 |
| When did you first know that you wanted to be a biologist? |
25:20 |
| If your were not a biologist, what would you be? |
26:30 |
| Advice for young scientists |
26:49 |
| What is your favorite bird song(s)? |
27:50 |
