Dear Bioacoustics List Members, Did you know San Francisco's sparrows have different dialects? We thought you might be interested in Bay Nature's fascinating Jan-March 2016 article <https://baynature.org/articles/the-language-of-sparrows> about San Francisco's white-crowned sparrows and their struggle to survive the city's increasingly noisy landscape.
Learn about the pioneering research on these birds by California Academy of Science's legendary ornithologist Luis Baptista, aka "The Sparrowman of Golden Gate Park", and the plucky researchers who picked up where he left off after his untimely death to learn how the dialects have evolved to compete with the sounds of car alarms, traffic, and other persistent city sounds. Click here <https://baynature.org/articles/the-language-of-sparrows> to read the article and listen to the variety of white-crowned sparrow dialects past and present: https://baynature.org/articles/the-language-of-sparrows/ Enjoy the article, and please share it widely! Best regards, Beth Slatkin Bay Nature Marketing & Outreach http://www.baynature.org outre...@baynature.org view this message in your browser <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icontact-archive.com%2FOwK19FaLp7YGukj_b9bEhA_RCZf7nJOs%3Fw%3D3> [image: A closer look at our local ladybugs!] <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fbaynature.org%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3DEmail%26utm_campaign%3DHolidayGift2015> JANUARY-MARCH 2016 ISSUE The Language of Sparrows San Francisco's white-crowned sparrows struggle to rise above urban noise [image: Male white-crowned sparrow singing at Point Reyes National Seashore. Photo: Dave Strauss] <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fbaynature.org%2Farticles%2Fthe-language-of-sparrows%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3DEmail%26utm_campaign%3DIssuePreview16> Male white-crowned sparrow singing at Point Reyes National Seashore. Photo: Dave Strauss <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dscomposition.com> San Francisco's white-crowned sparrows are plucky, flexible types known for singing in dialects local to their home territories in many parts of the city. They're also relatively common and easy to see. That's made them a great subject for research <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fbaynature.org%2Farticles%2Fthe-language-of-sparrows%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3DEmail%26utm_campaign%3DIssuePreview16>, and now scientists studying how urban animals adapt to changing conditions in big cities have been able to delve into studies from as far back as the 1960s to track changes in the birds' songs in today's urban hubbub. Read "The Language of Sparrows" <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=11111&c=350164&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fbaynature.org%2Farticles%2Fthe-language-of-sparrows%3Futm_source%3Demail%26utm_medium%3DEmail%26utm_campaign%3DIssuePreview16> in the January-March 2016 issue of *Bay Nature *to see how this "bird of the fog belt" has "changed its tune" to make it in an increasingly noisy environment. 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