Bird talk: an exploration of avian communication.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations.
Delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of songs and calls. The beauty of birdsong is one of the joys of nature, and this book reveals how songs are learned and performed, why the quality of a male’s repertoire can affect his mating success, and how birds use song-matching and countersinging in territorial disputes.