A text and audio guide to the songs and calls of 35 common birds of residential settings, city parks, and urban areas in eastern and central North America. This superb collection of field recordings offers unparalleled access to the sound repertoires of yard, garden, and city birds. Book jacket.

Presents the songs and calls of fifty North American birds that are common to residential settings, city parks, and urban areas.

p>A guide for bird enthusiasts of all ages, both expert and beginner. Ideal for home usebr />or birding excursions./p>p>We can hear birdsong anywhere, whether we live in the city or in the country. Without the musical backdrop provided by our feathered friends, our gardens, parks, woods and fields would be relatively silent and much the poorer for it.br />Often we hear their calls, but cannot see the birds making them. This easy to use package of book and CD offers insight into the secret world of birds. The CD features 90 tracks of bird songs and calls of species commonly found in gardens all over Australia.br />Each audio track is numbered to coincide with the guide for quick reference. The book also presents full-colour photographs of the birds, distribution maps and interesting text about their habits, feeding and nesting routines, as well as their calls. Invaluable for birders of all ages and abilities, this CD and book open up a new way of recognizing birds and understanding their behaviour, and can be the start of an abiding interest in these most tuneful of our fellow inhabitants. A guide for bird enthusiasts of all ages, both expert and beginner. Ideal for home use or birding excursions./p>

A text and audio guide to the songs and calls of 35 common birds of meadow, woodland, marsh, and seashore habitats in eastern and central North America. This superb collection of field recordings offers unparalleled access to the sound repertoires of birds of the countryside. Book jacket.

These superb collections of field recordings and descriptions offer unparalleled access to the sounds and calls of numerous popular and less well known birds and amphibians. Each book and CD provides an introduction to the sound repertoire of species living in eastern and central North America--a variety of calls from each species are included, along with an in-depth description and explanation of their significance. In addition to color photographs of the most common species, the text offers a fascinating look at the science of avian and amphibian calls, making these guides indispensable aids for the outdoor enthusiast.

A complete guide to the songs & calls of 35 common birds of meadow, woodland, marsh, & seashore settings.

A comprehensive field guide that uses an innovative Sound Index to allow readers to quickly identify unfamiliar songs and calls of birds in western North America. Bird songs and calls are at least as important as visual field marks in identifying birds. Yet short of memorizing each bird’s repertoire, it’s difficult to sort through them all. Now, with the western edition of this groundbreaking book, it’s possible to visually distinguish bird sounds and identify birds using a field-guide format. At the core of this guide is the spectrogram, a visual graph of sound. With a brief introduction to five key aspects—speed, repetition, pauses, pitch pattern, and tone quality—readers can translate what they hear into visual recognition, without any musical training or auditory memorization. The Sound Index groups similar songs together, narrowing the identification choices quickly to a brief list of birds that are likely to be confused because of the similarity of their songs. Readers can then turn to the species account for more information and/or listen to the accompanying audio tracks available online. Identifying birds by sound is arguably the most challenging and important skill in birding. This book makes it vastly easier to master than ever before.