Pet Dish
If you listen to KPLU (88.5 FM) in the morning, you know all about the nature oasis at 8:58 a.m. If you don't, set your alarm.
By Lisa Wogan | May 1, 2008
Trills and whinnies, grunts and warbles, squawks and whistles — birds are capable of an exceptional variety of noises. Whether defending territory, revving up the opposite sex or yelling "HAWK!" to their neighbors, they depend on sound to survive.
This time of year birds begin to sing madly in response to the clanging of their metabolic alarm clocks: Find mate! Nest! Procreate! And birders are listening, tuning up rusty, winter-logged eardrums to play their own version of "Name That Tune."
By Kathryn True | March 10, 2005
