Science | sparrow City Sparrows Sing Louder to Trump Cars Pitches are higher today than decades ago: Study By John Johnson Posted Apr 10, 2012 2:38 PM CDT Copied Sparrows have raised their pitch, apparently to be heard above the sounds of traffic. (Flickr) Sparrows who live in the big city have learned to speak up in order to be heard: Researchers examined the songs of those that live around the Golden Gate Bridge and found that the calls are in a higher pitch now than they were in 1965, according to an Animal Behavior study noted by Scientific American. Researchers suspect the sparrows have adapted in order to be heard above all that traffic. Read These Next Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error