Know Your Bird Sounds

by Elliott, Lang

• ISBN13: 9780811729642
• ISBN10: 0811729648
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Lang Elliott is the owner of NatureSound Studio, a wildlife recording company in Ithaca, New York

Table of Contents

Credits and Acknowledgments	vi
Introduction	1	(1)
Bird Sound Basics	2	(1)
Classification and Functions of Bird Sounds	3	(1)
The Sound Repertoire	4	(1)
More about Bird Song	5	(3)
Special Types of Song	6	(1)
Counter-Singing, Song-Matching, and Duetting	7	(1)
Vocal Imitation	7	(1)
Remembering Bird Sounds	8	(2)
Open Country and Brushy Areas
American Goldfinch	10	(2)
Eastern Meadowlark	12	(2)
Northern Bobwhite	14	(2)
Eastern Kingbird	16	(2)
Killdeer	18	(2)
Barn Swallow	20	(2)
Indigo Bunting	22	(2)
Yellow Warbler	24	(2)
Eastern Towhee	26	(2)
Marsh, Lake, Stream, and Swamp
Canada Goose	28	(2)
Mallard	30	(2)
Spotted Sandpiper	32	(2)
Tree Swallow	34	(2)
Marsh Wren	36	(2)
Common Yellowthroat	38	(2)
Red-winged Blackbird	40	(2)
Barred Owl	42	(2)
Forest and Pine Woods
Great Horned Owl	44	(2)
Downy Woodpecker	46	(2)
Hairy Woodpecker	48	(2)
Pileated Woodpecker	50	(2)
Great-crested Flycatcher	52	(2)
Eastern Wood-Pewee	54	(2)
Wood Thrush	56	(2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	58	(2)
Scarlet Tanager	60	(2)
Northwoods and High Mountains
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	62	(2)
Hermit Thrush	64	(2)
Dark-eyed Junco	66	(2)
Common Raven	68	(2)
Common Loon	70	(2)
Salt Marsh and Seashore
Least Tern	72	(2)
Herring Gull	74	(2)
Clapper Rail	76	(2)
Willet	78	(2)
Master List of CD Contents	80