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Oregon State University: Birds warned of food shortages by neighbor birds change physiology and behavior to prepare

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Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology as well as their behavior, research by the Oregon State University College of Science shows. After receiving social information from food-restricted neighbors for three days, the red crossbills in the study raised their pace of consumption, increased their […]