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New Research Finds Traffic Noise Affecting Bird's Singing Abilities:   A new study conducted by Germany's Max Planck Institute for Ornithology , found that the constant traffic noise of modern-day life is interfering with how young birds learn to sing.  Researchers say that the noisy settings in which birds now learn songs, frequently result in birds making “mistakes” while learning these songs, and that these “mistakes” often accumulate when the songs are passed on to the next generation of birds. Entertainment lawyers say these so-called bird “mistakes” frequently result in “altered songs,” which can raise numerous copyright issues.  So far, any attempts to prosecute the birds over these “altered songs” have failed, in part because the bird’s attorneys were able to successfully argue that the “noise issue” was really behind any “alteration” of these songs - and not any attempt at copyright infringement.   Legal analysts believe this study will only further serve to...

Twenty Condors Completely Trash Woman’s Deck in Tehachapi:   While there are estimated to be approximately only 160 condors left in the wild in California, a Tehachapi Mountain resident came home last Monday to find that a full 20 or so of them (all adolescents) decided to turn her condo’s wooden deck into their new hang-out, which is now completely trashed and covered in white excrement as thick as concrete. So, these rascal birds have turned this poor woman’s condo balcony into a condor “poop deck?”  What the flock?  These condors aren’t in the Navy.  On the other hand, if really she doesn’t want the birds to continue making a big mess when they poop, why not just leave some toilet paper out for them?  Now, I’m certainly no ornithologist, but I do know that when it comes to condor gatherings - sh*t happens.  Especially, when you live in a “seedy” neighborhood.  Wonder what the “condor fees” are for her unit anyway?    Neighbors say she i...