> On 24 Jan 2015, at 1:58 am, 'Chris Harrison' [naturer=
ecordists] <> wrote:=0D
> The problem with learning bird calls (or insect, frog, etc) calls is that=
it is a very personal thing. By that, I mean that what I =E2=80=9Chear=
=E2=80=9D in a particular bird=E2=80=99s call may be very different than wh=
at you =E2=80=9Chear=E2=80=9D. I have had to do this with amphibian calls =
for various areas and realized pretty quickly that descriptions in books or=
online that other people write just don=E2=80=99t make sense to me. Now t=
hat I am very familiar with the calls of the frogs in my area, I=E2=80=99m =
always surprised by other people=E2=80=99s descriptions of them.=0D
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Why is that? Differences in hearing ranges?=0D
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This site is worth looking at:=0D
http://earbirding.com/blog/=0D
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I would in particular read the "How to read spectrograms" section. In my op=
inion, having the spectrogram of the recording in front of you while listen=
ing to it helps you learn faster, particularly if it's "live" with a moving=
cursor. =0D
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The next step is to listen to ambient recordings full of different species,=
so you can learn to pick each one out from the background. Live spectrogra=
ms are even more helpful with that if each call is labeled, as it helps you=
understand what you're listening for.=0D
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Peter Shute
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