Secret Messages in Birdsong?

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Don’t let these songbirds fool you.

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0:00.0	This is Bird Note.
0:05.0	Birds, songs, and calls convey lots of messages, from This is My Territory to I'm looking for a mate, to there's a predator nearby.
0:17.0	But did you know that some bird songs contain secret messages?
0:23.6	Like this sweet singing Eastern Bluebird.
0:28.6	Bluebirds benefit from people setting up homes for them in the spring.
0:36.6	In fact, when you reverse that song, you can hear...
0:41.0	Ness boxes.
0:44.0	Set up.
0:46.2	Ness boxes.
0:48.3	Oh, those little scamps.
0:50.7	Or this familiar cry of the Canada goose.
0:56.2	If we play that backwards,
1:00.1	do geese, sea god.
1:03.7	Do geese see god?
1:08.0	Huh.
1:08.7	I guess that one's a bit more of a thinker.
1:11.8	And of course, the tricky Blue Jay.
1:18.1	Play that in reverse, and you get...
1:21.6	April Fools!
1:24.6	April Fools!
1:26.6	Learn more about the incredible and real abilities of birds at our website, birdnote.org.
1:34.6	I'm Mark Rehanna Hill. You know,
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