Exciting times on Kent Island! With the arrival of the first juvenile SAVS (Savannah sparrow), we have already seen the project's first success! I won't go into too much detail about what the project entails, since it isn't actually my project, but suffice it to say that we are essentially trying to teach juvenile birds new songs that are foreign to the island's native dialect (for those of you who are non-birders, SAVS have a wide geographic range and sing slightly different dialects in different populations across this range, sort of like the difference in dialects in the English language across the country/continent). Hopefully this will help us better understand how Savannah sparrows learn their song.
In other news, I'm please to announce that in the following video my personal hygiene has taken a turn for the better! Check out my video from day 10 on the island to find out more about what I've been up to:
YL.O (or 'yellow' as we fondly call him) is happy as a lark (or a SAVS) upon hearing about our sample size of 1.
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