CST, about twenty minutes total for each bird. The number of fragments sang at each perch and the time elapsed while singing were recorded for each bird on every observation day. The total time spent singing by each bird individually was also recorded and compared weekly. Despite the significant differences between bird 3 and birds 1 and 2, mockingbirds do not vary the number of fragments, and they tend to spend the same amount of time singing at each perch, as well as week to week. 7 Innate call recognition in Japanese Quail.
Young quail depend on parents and siblings for warmth.
When separated, they make contact calls to find others for warmth. I investigated the question of call recognition in young Japanese Quail. I did this by counting the number of contact calls by a young quail to an adult quail recording and to a duck call. The quail were tested at one day and one week old. This suggests that Japanese Quail do not discriminate between specific and conspecific calls innately.