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Learned vocalizations have been identified in groups including whales, elephants, seals, and primates, however the most well-established examples of learned singing is in birds. [29] In many species, young birds learn songs from adult males of the same species, typically fathers. [30] This was first demonstrated in chaffinches (Fringilla coelabs).
Bird song is a popular subject in poetry. Famous examples inspired by bird song include the 1177 Persian poem "The Conference of the Birds", in which the birds of the world assemble under the wisest bird, the hoopoe, to decide who is to be their king. [161]
The song was performed for the first time in 1934 at the annual Jamboree in Frankston, Victoria, at which the Baden-Powells, founders of the Scouting and Guiding movements, were present. [ 1 ] The song is performed around the world, particularly in the United States , Canada , New Zealand and the United Kingdom , where the Girl Guide movement ...
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (or simply Follow That Bird) is a 1985 American musical road comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, and written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg. Based on the children's television series Sesame Street created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett , it was the series' first theatrical feature-length film.
"Alouette" has become a symbol of French Canada for the world, an unofficial national song. [3] Today, the song is used to teach French and English-speaking children in Canada, and others learning French around the world, the names of body parts. Singers will point to or touch the part of their body that corresponds to the word being sung in ...
The Bird (Jerry Reed song) The Bird on My Head; Bird Walk; Birds (Anouk song) The Birds and the Bees (Jewel Akens song) Blackbird (Beatles song) Blue Bird (Ayumi Hamasaki song) Bluebird of Happiness (song) Bye Bye Blackbird
Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall: Both of the exposed, marked, fingers are wiggled to attract attention One named Peter: Wiggle one marked finger, Peter, to attract attention One named Paul: Wiggle other marked finger, Paul, to attract attention Fly away Peter: The Peter hand is quickly drawn back alongside the adult's head.
A bird singing contest is a competition of songbirds, usually caged examples of wild species. Such contests are held in at least 22 countries of the world, and at least 36 different species are used in this way.