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Bird call CD cost

To: "'Alan McBride'" <>, "'Roger Giller'" <>, "'Birding-Aus'" <>
Subject: Bird call CD cost
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:52:48 +1030
It's the price of the iPod that amuses me. I much prefer to rely on my
own memory when it comes to identifying bird calls and don't use tapes
to call up birds, seems like cheating to me.

Tony.

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Roger, again :-)

I use a $650.00 iPod and an $18.00 Dick Smith speaker that works  
perfectly and allows me to find a call in about a 100th of the time  
it used to with tapes.

The price disparity often amuses me in the field.

Cheers

Alan


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On 13/01/2007, at 10:44 AM, Roger Giller wrote:

Hi All,

The current thread on portable players for bird calls got me thinking  
about sourcing the calls. There are several sources but most are by  
no means comprehensive, e.g. the ABC collection. It appears the best  
would be the BOCA set but it seems very expensive.

My question is why does it cost $200 for a set of bird calls on CD  
when we can buy  field guide to the same birds, complete with  
illustrations and notes, for far less. I picked up the latest Simpson  
and Day for $29:95 last week.

Regards

Roger Giller
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