Her finalist project : a breeding bird census of songbirds in a long island , n.y. forest

她的获奖项目：对纽约市长岛的树林的鸣禽的繁育普查。

Climate change affects seasonal events-spring flowers open earlier , songbirds breed sooner .

气候变化影响了季节性事件，比如春天的花儿提早开放，鸣鸟繁殖的更快。

In the meantime , fitch says we can learn valuable lessons about human culture from songbirds , both at theoretical and mechanistic levels .

fitch说道，这期间我们可以同时在理论与机械层面从鸣禽身上获得对人类文化而言有价值的经验。

A few animals , including various marine mammals , songbirds and humans , routinely learn and imitate the songs and sounds of others .

一些动物，包括各种各样的海洋哺乳动物，鸣禽和人，通常都学习和模仿别人的歌声和声音。

Researchers have shown that the gene is associated with vocal learning in young songbirds which produce higher levels of foxp2 protein when they need to learn new songs .

研究者们已经发现该基因还和鸣禽幼雏学习发声有关，当幼鸟们学习歌唱时，该基因会产生更多的蛋白质。