Cornell Study: Birds Sing at Dawn for Territory Defense and Food Finding, Not Better Sound Transmission Photo source : Ray Bilcliff

Cornell Study: Birds Sing at Dawn for Territory Defense and Food Finding, Not Better Sound Transmission

New research from Cornell University has uncovered why birds burst into song at daybreak. Scientists found that social factors, not just environmental conditions, drive this daily natural concert known as the dawn chorus. The study, published June 12, 2025, in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, challenges long-held theories about why birds sing at dawn. Researchers from Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics and

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