Studies of Great Tits

Lately some researchers have studied the great tits of Europe. Not breasts, you perv! The bird species!

You know how folks in the country talk slower than folks in the city? It's not just a stereotype. Coming from the rural South, I have an intimate knowledge of the Great Southern Drawl. Folks in the city just don't have *time* to stretch out their syllables. For instance, country folk in the South might say "How ya'll doin'?" where the "ya'll" is drawn out and even made into two syllables, and the overall sentence sounds almost as if they were yawning, whereas a city slicker would instead say "What are you looking at!" all run together.

Seems the great tits of Europe are the same way. Because the dynamics of wind turbulence are greater in city environments than in forests, birds of the same species in the city shorten their song and make it quicker, especially the crucial first notes:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54571.html

At least, that's the theory. Personally, I think those city tits miss the country. City tits are just too light and perky compared to the well-rounded, let-em-hang country tits, don't you think?