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| A Guide to Night Sounds: The Nighttime Sounds of 60 Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Insects | 
| Author: Lang Elliott
Brand: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 72784
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev. and Expanded Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 62
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.9 x 0.3
ISBN: 0811731642
Dewey Decimal Number: 591.594
EAN: 9780811731645
ASIN: 0811731642
Publication Date: September 2004
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Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! Rev. and Expanded Ed. 2004 Paperback.
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 A Taste of the Night June 25, 2008
Night has always fascinated, and sometimes terrified, me. Blacklighting for moths alone in the Davis Mountains I heard in the distance the lonely calls of a group of coyotes - a sound that both thrilled me and made me uneasy. The sounds of a poorwill echoing through the canyons of Baja California's Sierra de la Giganta and whiskered screech owls near Geronimo Pass in the Peloncillo Mountains of Arizona-New Mexico gave the night a character that I will never forget.
My daughter gave me a copy of "A Guide to Night Sounds" for Fathers Day and I must say that it was great to hear some of the creatures I have heard on well-remembered nights and some that I have never heard, but hope to some day. Lang Elliot is a good narrator and does a great job of explaining the various sounds and behaviors associated with them.
My only complaint (and it is one that I'm sure many have) is that this just gives the listener a sampling of the huge variety of sounds one hears in the night. Around my house I hear night songs, not only from the mockingbird (which Elliott mentions along with the actual recording of a catbird), but also its close relative the curved-billed thrasher, which he implies has no night song. In recent times their night time chorus has been joined by the hoot of the great horned owl and in the close distance the wok of the black-crowned night heron. In rain storms both spadefoot and Bufo toads make considerable noise from the nearby fields. The list could go on and on, including broad-winged and cone-headed katydids, the barking of grey foxes and the chittering (just audible to some younger folk) of bats. I suppose that it would be hard to include everything and this CD contains a great sampling that leaves you with the wish for more. As in all of these works there seems to be a bias toward the eastern United States, but again this is where most of the people who work with animal sounds live, so I can't be too critical, I can only say that one day I hope a similar recording and book will emerge for mostly western creatures of the night.
I recommend this for those who would like to get at least a taste of the real night in nature.
 Defective October 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought a book that comes with a CD: the CD is defective. It can no be played. I have written two letters asking what should I do. I want the product, but a need a CD that is not defective. No answer from Amazon.
I am very dissapointed. I am not buying another product until this matter is solved.
 What goes bump in the night April 29, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you live in the woods or country and are curious about what goes bump in the night, this book and CD will explain those noises. We kept hearing a wonderful creature but had no way to identify it. Turns out it was a screech owl (they don't hoot nor do they screech). This book has also helped identify several frogs & night birds. As a bonus, Lang has a very pleasant voice and the CD is well made.
 Nice, but covers to large an area January 11, 2006
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
It's nice to listen to in the car (for a while, at least). It's pretty useless, though, since the geographical area is not limited enough. There might be a couple of those 60 animals in your area, but about 50 of 'em won't be. This should be a series of CD's: one for the northeast, one for the southwest....and so on.
Soothing and informative October 1, 2001
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I love Lang Elliott's voice. It is very soothing and doesn't detract from the bird, reptile and insect sounds. I was able to identify a Horned Owl from the CD, so it is informative, too. The sounds are grouped on different tracks so it's easy to find the category you want, much better than a cassette tape.
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