Bird Banter Bird Banter Birds communicate by songs and calls or other noises, like tapping and drumming. Courtship flights and dances are other ways birds communicate.
Songs are specific patterns of notes repeated with few variations.
Songs are used to attract mates and mark the territory necessary to raise young. Each species has its own specific song or songs. Some birds are born knowing how to sing. Others must listen to calls of adult birds of their kind and practice the calls before perfecting them. When alerting others of danger, birds call.