Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1

Antonio Celis-Murillo (Author), Fernando Gonzalez-Garcia (Author), Danny Meltzer (Author)

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2008)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 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.com Sales Rank: #214,010 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Review
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Bird Songs of Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula Volume 1. The 74-minute CD is remarkably free of distracting noise such as wind, surf, traffic, human sounds, insects, and other species of birds seemingly a lifetime of expert sound recording with excellent 3-D equipment. All songs and calls were recorded in the wild on the Yucatan Peninsula so these are the actual calls that one would hear in the Yucatan. For resident species, both songs and calls are included. For the migrants, which do not sing on their wintering grounds, only their various conversational calls and alarm notes are included. For nearly all species, several different calls are included, either two or more calls of the same individual, or calls of different individuals of the same species. I especially enjoyed listening to the song of the Yellow-Olive Flycatcher, a song that is so high pitched that I have not been able to hear it in the field. Every birder who anticipates going to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico would be well advised to listen to this CD ahead of time and take it and a CD player along on the trip. --Chandler Robbins, USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Product Description
An essential guide to one of the world's great birding destinations. The first in a series of audio field guides to the birds of Mexico. This CD is a resource to scientists and bird watchers to enhance their ability to identify bird species in the region via their vocalizations and sounds. The vocalizations of birds in the Yucatan Peninsula, and Mexico in general, have not been comprehensively documented. This CD represents a long-term effort to document, archive, and disseminate recordings of bird vocalizations and the soundscapes in which these animals live and communicate. In light of the Peninsula's rapidly changing environment, documenting and archiving bird vocalizations is urgent. Because all of the recordings on the CD were made in the Yucatan Peninsula they also provide information on geographic variation (i.e., dialects) in species vocalizations.

Includes a 32 page booklet with photos and text in both English and Spanish.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	D. Meltzer (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	Eduardo E. Inigo-elias (Tlalnepantla, Mexico Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	HECTOR ESTRADA MEDINA - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.