Prateek Sahu, a graduate student from the University of Alberta in Canada, works on the auditory perception of songbirds at the institution’s Songbird Neuroethology Lab. He helped develop a cost-effective way to study songbirds’ auditory preferences using Raspberry Pi, and penned this guest post explaining the project.

Do you enjoy listening to birds chattering while on a walk outside, or to your pet bird singing at home? Do you sometimes admire how beautifully they sing, and at other times wonder why they make so much noise? Songbirds communicate with one another for many different reasons, such as attracting mates, alerting others to food or danger, and simply staying in contact with other birds. But did you know that they also develop preferences for certain vocalisations along the way, much like you might prefer music from a particular singer or band?

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