{"id":14734,"date":"2016-08-25T06:02:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T06:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=14734"},"modified":"2025-08-09T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:04:42","slug":"finches-talk-eggs-fascinating-bird-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/finches-talk-eggs-fascinating-bird-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Finches Talk To Their Eggs And Other Fascinating Bird News"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43636\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43636\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"close up on head of blue-fronted Amazon that is tilting head to the side\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/blue-fronted-amazon-px-898125.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/parrot-amazone-blue-898125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DennisBuntrock\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019re like most people and get your news fix online, try going a step beyond the top stories by searching specifically for bird news. You might be treated to some fascinating results.\u00a0Check out these intriguing bird-centric stories, which range from <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/parrot\/\">parrots<\/a> playing video games to zebra finches telling their eggs when to hatch to how the males of a bird species called the southern pied babble favor their own biological male chicks over their \u201cstepchicks.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Parrot Gamers?<\/h3>\n<p>Most informed bird people know that companion parrots thrive with enrichment, whether that is food enrichment, toy enrichment, social enrichment and everything in between that works a parrot\u2019s senses. Researchers at Texas A&amp;M College of Veterinary Medicine &amp; Biomedical Sciences\u2019 (CVM) Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center are taking parrot enrichment to the digital age by creating video games that appeal to very specific audience \u2014\u00a0parrots! The prototype game is akin to the classic \u201cWhack-a-mole,\u201d but instead of using a foam mallet to whack moles\u2019 heads back down into their holes, the bird yells at the screen to make pop of images go away. As the project\u2019s lead researcher, Dr. Donald Brightsmith said, \u201c\u201cIt would be nice to come home and know that your animal had been exercising during the day,\u201d Brightsmith said. \u201cVideo games such as this would allow pet owners to increase the bird\u2019s activity and increase the bird\u2019s mental stimulation, with an interest in improving the physical and mental health of the birds.\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/news\/press-releases\/texas-am-researchers-examine-how-video-games-can-improve-bird-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read all about it.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Contact Calls To The Egg?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43971\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43971\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/zebra-finch-px-7799648-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"zebra finch perched on branch\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/zebra-finch-px-7799648-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/zebra-finch-px-7799648-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/zebra-finch-px-7799648-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/zebra-finch-px-7799648.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/bird-zebra-finch-finch-7799648\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeannette1980\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s an interesting fact: Scientists have known for awhile that birds capable of fending for themselves upon hatching (think of the impressionable duck who might imprint on someone, or something, other than its mother), can hear through their eggs. But\u00a0they weren\u2019t exactly sure what happened inside the eggs of birds that hatch dependent on their parents (parrots for one do!). Thanks to researchers at Deakin University in Australia, we now know that finches for one do communicate with their eggs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/birds-talk-their-eggsand-song-might-help-their-babies-deal-climate-change-180960168\/?no-ist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn \u2014\u00a0and hear for yourself!<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 how the finch\u2019s incubation calls changed when nest temperatures rose, and how climate change might influence an egg\u2019s embryonic stage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Where Have You Been?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44433\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44433\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zebra-finches-px-9656486-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"zebra finch pair perched on branch in aviary\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zebra-finches-px-9656486-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zebra-finches-px-9656486-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zebra-finches-px-9656486-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/zebra-finches-px-9656486.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/zebra-finch-finch-birds-cute-9656486\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zebra finches, apparently, make excellent couples. They are monogamous, share parenting duties and, like most strong relationships, they are good at communicating with one another. They also know how to keep schedules, with scientists observing that they rotated nest and foraging duties in 30-minute shifts and had vocal exchanges during the switch over. <a href=\"https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/squawk-it-out-a-co-parenting-lesson-from-birds-baker-jrmk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See what happened when researchers kept the male past his 30-minute foraging time \u2014\u00a0running late doesn\u2019t go over so well with zebra finch females.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Birds Can Show Favoritism<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44434\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44434\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/southern-pied-babbler-tree-wm-derek-keats-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"two Southern Pied Babblers perched side by side on branch in tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/southern-pied-babbler-tree-wm-derek-keats-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/southern-pied-babbler-tree-wm-derek-keats-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/southern-pied-babbler-tree-wm-derek-keats-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/southern-pied-babbler-tree-wm-derek-keats.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Southern_Pied-babbler,_Turdoides_bicolor_at_Borakalalo_National_Park,_Northwest_Province,_South_Africa_(15585613955).jpg\">Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In many ways the southern pied babbler, a black and white bird found in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, follow the \u201cIt takes a village to raise a child\u201d mindset. They live in groups ranging from three to 14 birds, and chicks are raised by both parents as well as other adult birds. But researchers have learned that there is a \u201cfavored chick\u201d sentiment at play, as the male southern pied babbler appears to play favorites when it comes to the males of his own offspring verses his \u201cstepchicks.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-08-african-bird-evil-stepdad-behavior.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See how this form of birdie nepotism unfolded when researchers took a close look at their family dynamics.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these intriguing bird-centric stories, which range from parrots playing video games to zebra finches telling their eggs when to hatch to how the males of a bird species called the southern pied babble favor their own biological male chicks over their \u201cstepchicks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finches Talk To Their Eggs And Other Fascinating Bird News &#8211; 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