Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1

Antonio Celis-Murillo (Author), Fernando Gonzalez-Garcia (Author), Danny Meltzer (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Terrapin
• ASIN: B0019SKMJQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,292 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Thicket Tinamou

3. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

4. Plain Chachalaca

5. Black-throated Bobwhite

6. Least Grebe

7. Magnificent Frigatebird

8. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

9. Greater Flamingo

10. Crane Hawk

11. Great-Black Hawk

12. Roadside Hawk

13. Sora

14. Limpkin

15. Wilson s Plover

16. Black-necked Stilt

17. Northern Jacana

18. Greater Yellowlegs

19. Laughing Gull

20. Least Tern

See all 97 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a few words....in response, June 29, 2008

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D. Meltzer (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1 (Audio CD)

I just want to point out [I am an author for this title] that this is a field guide for 'learning' bird songs and that this CD is clearly described as such. The previous reviewer may have been expecting something different, but anyone who uses bird song guides will know that voice identification of the bird species is absolutely standard and is in fact crucial to the content of the program. As for our inclusion of the Spanish [in addition to English and Scientific] common names for the birds...this is a guide to Mexican birds and the common language in Mexico is indeed.....Spanish.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great audio recording guide, August 12, 2008

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Eduardo E. Inigo-elias (Tlalnepantla, Mexico Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1 (Audio CD)

This audio guide is highly recommended audio guide of the birds of Yucatan, Mexico. Excellent recordings, good sample of species for a highly diverse region of Mexico. This is an important tool for professional and amateur birders, for both Mexican Spanish speakers to international English speakers. This guide is also recommended for bird conservation and environmental education in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to teach the public to recognize the birds of Yucatan. I will have added to the text the Maya Yucatan name of the birds.

Celis-Murrillo, Gonzalez-Garcia and Meltzer have provided an example of their important and professional skills recording natural sounds of birds. The compilers of the audio guide, are among the best natural sound recordists in Mexico, and had extensive field experience, they show and important editing job for this guide. The results are stunning.

I am looking forward to hear the whole series of "Cantos de las Aves de Mexico" produce for the entire country, with over 1,100 species to listen.

Finally, with the publication of the 2008 Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan peninsula Vol I., birders have the definitive reference they have been waiting for.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Congratulations!!!!! I can't wait for volume 2, August 6, 2008

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HECTOR ESTRADA MEDINA - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1 (Audio CD)

I just bought this CD and I found it excellent!!! It is a really nice nice compilation of beautiful bird songs from Yucatan. The sound is very professional, I wonder how they made to eliminate all that background noise typically found in the field. The booklet is really useful as it has the common and scientific names of all the bird species included in the CD. I also like the fact that the booklet is bilingual. This CD is an excellent tool for both beginner and more experienced birdwatchers that want to go beyond the observation. Even non-birdwatchers will enjoy the sound an quality of every track as they learn the name and the characteristic song of all the 93 species included in this volume. It was great to discovered that they also included 4 tracks with the typical soundscapes of the region where they recorded the actual bird songs in this CD. Again congratulations and I will look forward to the release of volume 2.