Abstract
In general, it has been found that birds respond to exposure of anthropogenic noise by singing at a higher frequency range. This is presumably the result of an attempt by the birds to reduce the masking effect of the low rumble of urban noise. In sharp contrast, we report that chiffchaffs reduce song frequency at airports where noise levels are intermittent rather than constant, but at a much higher amplitude level. In addition, we show experimentally that airport birds respond more aggressively to playback of airport songs than the control songs, while a nearby control population does not discriminate between airport and control songs. Potential explanations for these results will be discussed.
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