Quiscalus quiscula Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 So I want to improve my sound birding, but I'm not sure how. I've tried eBird sound quizzes, but the audio quality is generally awful and have multiple species. How can I improve my sound birding (outside of field experience)? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: So I want to improve my sound birding, but I'm not sure how. I've tried eBird sound quizzes, but the audio quality is generally awful and have multiple species. How can I improve my sound birding (outside of field experience)? Watching and listening is the only way I can connect the bird song to the bird, and I'm terrible at it. After repeated exposure, I eventually become familiar with the sounds and don't need to see the bird. Exposure to bird sounds is the best way, how you expose yourself to those sounds is up to you. Videos and audio recordings might work for some people but the best teacher and classroom for me are birds in the wild. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, lonestranger said: Watching and listening is the only way I can connect the bird song to the bird, and I'm terrible at it. After repeated exposure, I eventually become familiar with the sounds and don't need to see the bird. Exposure to bird sounds is the best way, how you expose yourself to those sounds is up to you. Videos and audio recordings might work for some people but the best teacher and classroom for me are birds in the wild. Yeah, I've pretty much learned the calls and songs of the birds in my immediate area by listening and watching the birds in my yard last spring. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 When I was in middle and high school and college I played the same bird-sounds records (Borror (sp.), Peterson, National Geographic) over and over and over, becoming familiar with some species long before I saw them. I also learned calls by listening and watching. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/product/the-cornell-guide-to-bird-sounds-us-and-canada/ If loaded on iPhone it will show thumbnails of the bird on your splash screen. It doesn’t have any narration saying what bird, so you’d have to look at phone each time to see if your guess is right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Are you familiar with https://xeno-canto.org? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, chipperatl said: https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/product/the-cornell-guide-to-bird-sounds-us-and-canada/ If loaded on iPhone it will show thumbnails of the bird on your splash screen. It doesn’t have any narration saying what bird, so you’d have to look at phone each time to see if your guess is right. I don't have a phone... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: Are you familiar with https://xeno-canto.org? I've come across it a few times, but didn't know what it was. Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: I don't have a phone... Will work on computer also. It is just a collection of .wav files. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP48 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I'm not sure what devices it might work on (I've used it on an iPad), but there's an app called Larkwire which is OK. They just put out a version which does visual ids also, but from what I've seen that is for beginners. I haven't tried the sound id on the new version. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, JP48 said: I'm not sure what devices it might work on (I've used it on an iPad), but there's an app called Larkwire which is OK. They just put out a version which does visual ids also, but from what I've seen that is for beginners. I haven't tried the sound id on the new version. Seems like it works on chromebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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