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Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by yareally on Thursday May 02, 2024 @05:18PM (#40241468)
My parrots (Green Cheek and a Budgie) can't stand hearing other bird calls. Freaks them out (even the ones in the console/pc version of WingSpan[0]). A majority of bird calls in the wild are territorial and it seems to freak them out the most in the Spring when their hormones are at their highest, so it's likely related.

I haven't thought too far into it, but I imagine they freak out more when it's a hawk/falcon call than a songbird.

[0] https://stonemaiergames.com/games/wingspan/

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Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by cainxinth on Friday May 03, 2024 @08:21AM (#40246853)
I’m a big fan of Bernie Krause, a soundscape ecologist who records the sounds of natural environments. I often listen to his stuff while I’m working. The recordings that feature a lot of bird calls can set the local birds in my neighborhood off. They will all start chirping back.
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