And another question.

[conuly]

Does anybody know of a good site with sound files of birdsongs, and maybe pictures, divided by area?

I'd like to be able to identify the songs of the birds here, and I don't have the slightest idea how to start. Even google is failing me. My beloved google. *sniffle*

Comments

[sayga.livejournal.com]

if there is a college near you, they probably have an ornithology class, and they probably have a textbook with a CD identifying bird songs.

[conuly]

That's not a bad idea, thanks.

I'm a birder by association

[strangelette.livejournal.com]

We (geography) were across from the biology department at a national science fair last year. They had a very cool booth. The list is geared more toward birds of the Southwest but there are some common ones.

Birds and Their Songs (http://askabiologist.asu.edu/expstuff/experiments/birdsongs/index.html)

My dad is a birder so we stopped hear on vaction a few years ago. They had a cool lab where you could listen to and manipulate calls and see what they looked like on computers. Unfortunately it looks like you have to subscribe to get at most of the good stuff.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/)

Audobon also has a site geared more towards kids but there are urban birds - no maps though :(

Audobon Birds (http://www.wildrepublic.com/pages/audubon/home/default.asp)

Re: I'm a birder by association

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Remarkable how different the dialect of the Common Raven is from the Icelandic dialect. I had read how Bernd Heinrich described the difference, but damn, these Ravens don't sound anything like the ones I know. And of course I am a lot more fond of the Icelandic Raven ; )

Still, the recording only records the caw, not all the other sounds, it would be interesting to hear some of those for comparison.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

if there is a college near you, they probably have an ornithology class, and they probably have a textbook with a CD identifying bird songs.

[conuly]

That's not a bad idea, thanks.

I'm a birder by association

[strangelette.livejournal.com]

We (geography) were across from the biology department at a national science fair last year. They had a very cool booth. The list is geared more toward birds of the Southwest but there are some common ones.

Birds and Their Songs (http://askabiologist.asu.edu/expstuff/experiments/birdsongs/index.html)

My dad is a birder so we stopped hear on vaction a few years ago. They had a cool lab where you could listen to and manipulate calls and see what they looked like on computers. Unfortunately it looks like you have to subscribe to get at most of the good stuff.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/)

Audobon also has a site geared more towards kids but there are urban birds - no maps though :(

Audobon Birds (http://www.wildrepublic.com/pages/audubon/home/default.asp)

Re: I'm a birder by association

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Remarkable how different the dialect of the Common Raven is from the Icelandic dialect. I had read how Bernd Heinrich described the difference, but damn, these Ravens don't sound anything like the ones I know. And of course I am a lot more fond of the Icelandic Raven ; )

Still, the recording only records the caw, not all the other sounds, it would be interesting to hear some of those for comparison.