{"id":5488,"date":"2011-01-31T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=5488"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:09:59","slug":"how-hungry-is-my-baby-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/this-just-in\/how-hungry-is-my-baby-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"How Hungry is my Baby Bird?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby birds<\/a> can be demanding, constantly asking their parents for food. With all this calling for some grub things can get pretty noisy, luckily parents can tell the difference between the calls of chicks<\/a> so that they know they are feeding their own babies<\/a>. New research by German and Swiss ornithologists (people that study birds)\u00a0 have now shown that it\u2019s not just about knowing who your kids<\/a> are, it\u2019s also about hearing how hungry they are.<\/p>\n

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By studying golden-backed weaver birds in Kenya researchers have discovered that the chicks change their calls<\/a> the hungrier they get. As the chick\u2019s stomach rumbles they change their tune, with each baby bird calling out their own unique ‘feed me’ song. It’s up to the parents to learn these different calls as their babies bust out the music notes to tell mom and dad just how hungry they are.<\/p>\n

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Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play games<\/a>, discover amazing facts<\/a>, meet animal ambassadors<\/a> and fundraise<\/a> to protect biodiversity<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

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Babies are always hungry, but birds can tell the difference between when their babies are hungry and when it is time to eat based on their babies’ cry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,402,1353,931],"tags":[151,62,247,414,252],"class_list":["post-5488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allbirds","category-this-just-in","category-to-edit","category-all","tag-baby","tag-birds","tag-calls","tag-featured","tag-food"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t