{"id":5187,"date":"2017-02-16T08:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/?page_id=5187"},"modified":"2017-02-23T23:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T05:14:42","slug":"pauses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/specs\/pauses","title":{"rendered":"Pauses"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds<\/em>, interactive version of pp. 12-13)<\/h3>\n

A very important question to ask about bird sounds is whether and when the bird stops to \u201ctake a breath.\u201d Some birds can sing for 30 seconds or more without any noticeable pause. The song of the American Goldfinch, for example, often consists of several short series strung seamlessly together:<\/p>\n

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Compare the song pattern of this Northern Mockingbird, in which the bird takes short \u201cbreaths\u201d between almost all of the series in its song:<\/p>\n

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Some birds, especially many vireos and flycatchers, sing very short unique phrases separated by relatively long pauses:<\/p>\n

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Other singers, including the American Robin, Rose-breasted and Black-headed Grosbeaks, and many tanagers, group short unique phrases into clusters that are separated by longer pauses:<\/p>\n

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(Next: pp. 14-15:<\/strong> The seven basic tone qualities<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

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(Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds, interactive version of pp. 12-13) A very important question to ask about bird sounds is whether and when the bird stops to \u201ctake a breath.\u201d Some birds can sing for 30 seconds or more without any noticeable pause. The song of the American Goldfinch, for example, often consists of several short series strung seamlessly together: Compare the song pattern of this Northern Mockingbird, in which the bird takes short \u201cbreaths\u201d between almost all of…<\/p>\n

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