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| Birding by Ear: Western North America (Peterson Field Guides (R) Audios) | 
| Authors: Richard K. Walton, Robert W. Lawson
Creators: John Sill, Roger Tory Peterson
Brand: Peterson Books
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 397145
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 3
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
MPN: PB395975255
ISBN: 0395975255
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
UPC: 046442975254
EAN: 9780395975251
ASIN: 0395975255
Publication Date: April 15, 1999
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Birding by Ear is a unique and important new tool for birders. Now they can easily master one of the most useful and difficult field skills-the ability to recognize birds by their songs and calls. Just as my Field Guide shows what to look for, Birding by
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Ever wonder what that trill in the backyard is? Or how to distinguish between all those similar warbler songs? Try Birding by Ear. This great resource for birders all over western North America conveniently packages three cassettes and an accompanying booklet into a single videocassette-like box. Each tape groups bird species according to acoustic similarity in order to help you learn the basics of bird-song identification. Soon you'll know just by listening whether the bird skulking underneath the bushes is an orange-crowned warbler, a chipping sparrow, or a dark-eyed junco.
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Excellent intro to bird songs August 16, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've birded for a number of years but I wanted to be able to distinguish birds by their calls, especially the shy ones. This CD volme was the perfect introduction. Dick Walton's informal, almost folksy, comments made for enjoyable listening and learning. Sure there are only 91 species but one great sampling. Now that he has taught me "hooks" and "handles" I have graduated to using the Stokes CDs, but at least I can now differentiate closely related songs thanks to Mr. Walton.
If you are new to bird songs, please start with this volume. In contrast the Stokes volume presents the songs, but no commentary. It is up to you to find the hooks and handles and figure out how to memorize all the songs.
BTW, I disagree with Mr Walton on one bird. He says the California Quail is calling "Chicago, Chicago." In my field experience I am sure it is looking for "Atlanta, Atlanta."
Great CD, buy it!
Excellent for the beginner/intermediate birder January 24, 1999
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
As someone who is interested in improving their birding skills, I found this an excellent guide. The authors begin by explaining some basic bird facts related to vocalizations. They proceed with the recordings, which are grouped into birds with similar songs (the authors refer to this as "pairing"). This improves the listners ability to correctly identify the song with the bird. The last portion of the auditory cassette places the birds into habitat groupings without the identification of the bird. This section can be used as a test of the listners abilities or to help familiarize the listner with where each bird can most probably be found. This in turn helps the reader correctly identify birds in the field by narrowing the possibilities. Finally, the tapes have an accompaning written guide. Each bird is listed with a black and white drawing, habitat type and a written description of the song/call. The authors also reference the page number to Petersons Field Guide of Western Birds and provide a space where the listner can write his/her comments. All in all, this is an excellent resource.
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