Common Bird Songs: Includes CD

by Borror, Donald J.

• ISBN13: 9780486996097
• ISBN10: 0486996093
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-26
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This recording was carefully planned to aid the birdwatcher or nature lover to recognize common American birds by their song or call. Recorded in the field, mostly in Ohio and Maine, it reproduces the songs and calls of 60 different, widely distributed birds of the United States and Canada. It was prepared by Professor Donald J. Borror of the Department of Zoology and Entomology of Ohio State University, one of the nation's foremost experts in animal sound responses. While typical bird songs and calls, of course, have been stressed, the author has included a wide range of song variants to make identification easier for the beginner. The songs of the individual bird may vary; the songs of different individuals within the same species may differ considerably; and songs from birds of different species may be very similar. To overcome this difficulty, Professor Borror has included songs by different individuals for more than three-quarters of the birds concerned. In some cases (such as the Slate-colored Junco, the Song Sparrow, and the Cardinal) as many as nine different individuals are recorded. As a result, you will learn to recognize birds not only on the basis of the particular song or song pattern, but by the kind of songs and its general qualities.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Track 1	p. 11
Common Crow (American Crow)
Blue Jay
Common Nighthawk
House Sparrow
Bobwhite (Northern Bobwhite)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Whip-poor-will
Track 2	p. 15
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Least Flycatcher
Great Creasted Flycatcher
Traill's Flycatcher (Willow Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher)
Track 3	p. 19
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Chipping Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco (Dark-eyed Junco)
Swamp Sparrow
Nashville Warbler
Track 4	p. 23
Yellowthroat
Carolina Wren
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Track 5	p. 26
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Cardinal (Northern Cardinal)
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Track 6	p. 31
Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Parula Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Track 7	p. 35
Robin (American Robin)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Purple Finch
Track 8	p. 38
Wood Thrush
Rufous-sided Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
White-eyed Vireo
Track 9	p. 44
Louisiana Waterthrush
Indigo Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Wren
Bobolink
Track 10	p. 48
Catbird (Gray Catbird)
Brown Thrasher
Mockingbird (Northern Mockingbird)
Table: Index of number of calls, identity and month	p. 51
Spectrographs	p. 59
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