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REFLECT
When birds break into song and begin their glorious dawn chorus, you might wonder: Why do they sing in the first place?
Here’s what we know. Birds sing for two big reasons:
- to mark their territories (This is my house!)
- to attract a mate (Want to make a home together?)
But some scientists believe birds also sing for the sake of delight. Charles Darwin wrote that birds sing “for their own amusement.”
A third big reason, then, may be just that: birds sing because it gives them joy!
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