I was an intern at the songbird summer playhouse.

我可是在歌鸟夏季剧院实习过的。

Pinnipeds-walruses, seals and sea lions. And parrots, hummingbirds and songbirds. That's it.

再加上海象、海豹和海狮等鳍足亚目动物，以及鹦鹉、蜂鸟和禽。全部就是这些。

At the beginning of century songbirds were supposed to be disappearing.

本世纪初，们普遍认为百灵鸟正在逐渐消失。

And, it turns out, same goes for songbirds in learning their duets.

而且事实也表明，鸟也是在雏鸟时期学习的“二重唱”。

Like humans songbirds learn to vocalize by imitation.

，禽也是通过模仿来说话的。

" Do wild songbirds lay empty eggs? "

野生的鸟会下空蛋吗？

Do wild birds, wild songbirds lay empty eggs?

野鸟，野禽是否会下空蛋？

Over 90 percent of songbirds actually need insects at some point in their life.

实际上有超过百分之九十的禽，在其生命中的有些时候会需要昆虫。

The pointy-headed songbirds are talented mimics, often copying the vocalizations of other bird species.

这些聪明的鸟是天才模仿者，它们经常模仿其它鸟的叫声。

Suggesting that the quality of a songbird's genes may be revealed in its tunes.

这表明禽的基因质量可能会显示在它们的歌声中。

In Gaza, they are popular as caged songbirds.

在加沙，作为被关在笼子里的鸟，它们很受欢迎。

You may have seen these songbirds in your yard in the morning, pulling up worms.

你或许在清晨自己的院子里看见这些禽在揪蠕虫。

Now a study shows that some songbirds are in fact show-offs in sight and sound.

而现在的项研究表明，些黄莺在视觉及声觉方面都较出色。

But it's especially well-documented in North American songbirds.

但对于北美知更鸟，这记录尤为详尽。

Ninety-seven percent of all birds killed are songbirds, especially warblers.

百分之九十七的遇害鸟属于禽，其中莺科鸟数量尤其多。

But more than 660 species of songbirds are known in which the females sing as well.

但是目前已知有超过660种雌性也会叫的禽。

And there are still 3,500 species of songbird in which the female singing status is unknown.

而仍然有3500种禽，其雌性的叫状态仍未知。

The filter data identified many different life forms, including grasses, fungi, deer, hedgehogs and songbirds, Littlefair said.

利特费尔说，从过滤器中获取的数据识别了许多不同的生命形式，包括草、真菌、鹿、刺猬和鸟。

It's less parsimonious to assume that the ancestors of ostriches, chickens, and songbirds all evolved feathers independently.

不太简约地进行假设的话，就是鸵鸟、小鸡和禽的祖先都独立进化出羽毛。

It was part of a project to control mosquitoes. Many songbirds and harmless insects were killed by the DDT.

DDT是为了控制蚊子，很多黄莺和无害的昆虫都被DDT杀死。