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Hi all.
If you are iinterested in birds here is an interesting article from the british library.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/listentonature/specialinterestlang/langofbirdscontents.html
I just found it and didn't read it yet but just from the contents i found it very interesting.
To get an idea of what is about below you can read the contents and if you find them interesting go and read it.
Thanks
Nikos
Introduction
1. Song
1.1 The dawn chorus
1.2 Vocal appropriation
1.3 Duetting
1.4 How does one bird hear another's song?
2. Calls
2.1 Calls as deceitful mimicry
2.2 Calls of young birds
3. Bird to man communication
4. Birds that talk to themselves
5. Instinct or learning - nature or nurture?
5.1 "Talking" birds
5.2 The functional use of sounds by a trained parrot
5.3 "Singing" birds and birds taught human tunes
6. How does a bird sing?
6.1 Instrumental sound production
6.2 Do birds have a musical sense?
7. Human appreciation of birdsong
I forgot to tell you that there are sound examples as well in real audio.
I started reading it and it's really good.
That sounds really cool. Learning to identify birds by their songs is a bit of a hobby of mine. My dad got me this tape once that listed common birds in our region and the sounds they make, so I always know when there's a chickadee, a Northern cardinal, a bluejay, a starling, or a mourning dove around.
Hi Krisme i am glad that there is somebody else who likes birds.
I thought i was on my own. I am not familiar with the birds you mentioned in here because they are American birds and i live in europ but the morning dove is very interesting.
Do they call it morning dove because it can be heard only in the mornings or can somebody hear it other times throughout the day?
The song of the morning dove has got some similarities with the collared dove we have in europ.
Greetings, I have marked this site you have listed and will go and listen to it as a bit more time allows. I must say this is very interesting to me as if you will note in my profile I am working on putting into place a Woodland Trail called: Woodzier Wilderness Walk. I have been in search of various offerings such as you have here listed that could in some way be incorporated. Just a note, there is a bird that gives a chirp as it were that sounds like, "Whip-per-will" and thus its name. In the wilds it can be heard late late into the evening. As Life Flows on, Connie
last night I watched a documentary about Australian/NZ wildlife, the alpine Kea's a type of parrot, sound just like children laughing ..it was wonderful
Hi again.
Here is another good link from the British library. http://www.bl.uk/listentonature.
There you can listen different animals, birds, insects etc in real audio.
You can view the sounds by animal group, location, hapitad and many others.
Nikos