The other day in discussing the Greenfinch/ Redpoll query of Graham Meadows=
I queried the i.d. of a Xeno-canto Redpoll recording that Serge had posted=
. I was too hasty in doing so: I later compared that sonogram with some of =
my own material and indeed the i.d. was correct. Been feeling a bit guilty =
ever since, so wanted to set the record straight and apologise in case anyo=
ne had been hurt by my comment. I find Xeno-canto a great reference source =
and 100k recordings is an amazing achievement.
Chris
http://www.wildechoes.org
--- In "wimmel3" <> wrote=
:
>
> hello all,
>
> I have posted updates on xeno-canto here, right from the start in 2005. N=
ot too many recently, but still. I am not quite sure how many naturerecordi=
sts actually use/contribute to XC but it always seems to me to be a good pl=
ace to plug the site.
>
> Anyway, just the other day we reached *100.000* recordings, which is a lo=
t of recordings according to any standard. Almost 8100 species represented.=
900+ recordists from all over the world. Almost 1000 hrs of sounds. Pretty=
amazing numbers.
>
> However, we reckon that a collection of all different bird sounds worldwi=
de would need at least 10 times as many recordings. So, as far as we are co=
ncerned things are just starting now, and there are still *plenty* of oppor=
tunities for recordists to make a difference, so you are all invited to joi=
n us.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Willem-Pier
>
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