Customer Reviews

Know Your Bird Sounds, Volume 2: Birds of the Countryside

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This book and CD are excellent. The various bird sounds are presented with explanation and pneumonic to help you remember. The amount of information is just right to make the described call meaningful.

I used this book/CD (and Volume 1) when I first became interested in identifying the birds around my property. (You need both to cover most of the birds you will hear if you live in the country.) It educated me to the variety of sounds a species may use in different situations, plus the variations of different individuals. As I've become familiar with my bird population, I enjoy relistening to the CD to absorb more about what I'm hearing and each time I gain new insight into bird society.

The recordings are outstanding, with each preceded by a brief explanation and something like 'Here are two songs from one male' or 'three songs by three different males.' I've never heard this approach on any other CD and it really helps. If another bird can be heard in the background of a recording, it is identified so as not to confuse.

I can't say enough good things about this book/CD set. The accompanying book includes one full page photograph of the male bird in a common perch of choice and written description of the calls with pneumonic so you can remind yourself of the call when listening to the CD isn't convenient.

Sitting on my deck listening to the lovely song of the Wood Thrush as it whiles away summer hours on its nest is a great pleasure. I rarely see a Wood Thrush, but I know it's over there. We're geared to sight identification of birds, but the symphony of sound is equally enchanting. I highly recommend this item to those who want to appreciate more of what they hear from their local bird population.

american goldfinch
eastern meadowlark
northern bobwhite
easter kingbird
killdeer
barn swallow
indigo bunting
yellow warbler
canada goose
mallard
spotted sandpiper
tree swallow
marsh wren
common yellowthroat
red-winged blackbird
barred owl
great horned owl
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
pileated woodpecker
great-crested flycatcher
eastern wood-pewee
wood thrush
rose-breasted grosbeak
scarlet tanager
yellow-bellied sapsucker
hermit thrush
dark-eyed junco
common raven
common loon
least tern
herring gull
clapper rail
willet

book arrived in a timely fashion and was as had been described . . . I especially like the CD which I listen to in the car