Re: Audacity and sonograms...

["Paul Jacobson" thebrunswicktwitcher]

Hi Mitch,

A less academic introduction that is well worth looking at is Mark 
Constantine's "The Sound Approach to birding".  The book gives and overview of 
much the same territory as Catchpole and Slater but doesn't go into the same 
amount of detail. Where Sound Approach wins out as an introduction is that it 
is copiously illustrated with sonograms which are used to highlight the 
discussion in the text.  There are two cd's which come with the book that 
include all the recordings used to create the sonograms. The authors recommend 
listening to the cd as you read through the book. 

http://www.soundapproach.co.uk

I'd suggest reading Sound Approach to get your bearings and then move on to 
Catchpole and Slater to fill out the fine details.

cheers
Paul