What a Bird Brain

Baby Zebra finches listen to the adult birds and begin to copy adult sounds. Their babbling sounds become a more defined and fluid language.

The first sound of baby Zebra finch is "fffff"

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Zebra finch baby birds learn to speak in a similar way as humans. First they learn simple sounds, then more complicated.

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What do you think your first words were? How old were you when you first made those sounds? Baby finches tend to make the 'ff' sound when they are about 3 days old.

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Did you know that baby Zebra finch are just one inch at birth? The mother lays one egg a day, usually there are about 5 eggs a season.

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