科学快报-科学美国人Science Quickly, from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
And they keep up this peeping and cheeping even after those siblings have flown the coop, leaving them the last little parrotlet left in the nest.
霍普金:即使在那些兄弟姐妹飞出鸡舍之后,它们也会继续偷看和吱吱叫,把它们留在巢中的最后一只小鹦鹉。
漫长的告别(上)
There was a red oleander bush against part of the front wall of the house. I heard a flutter in it and a baby mockingbird started cheeping anxiously.
房子前墙的一部分有一棵红色的夹竹桃灌木。我听到它在颤动,一只小反舌鸟开始焦急地叫了起来。
科学快报-科学美国人Science Quickly, from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
The sounds they're describing and the ones you're currently hearing, the " chips, " " cheeps, " " zeeps, " " whistles" and " trills, " —these are the sounds of birds migrating at night.