"Stingey" would NOT have been the word I would have used on Saturday to
describe Peter Shute, while he was patiently standing next to me showing me
(what I thought) was a totally imaginary Swift Parrot. I must have been
watching leaves moving on the trees at the You Yangs entrance for a good
five minutes before one of them resolved itself into an actual bird. Peter
was very generous with his time.
Thanks Peter!
Bill
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From: "Peter Shute" <>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:08 AM
To: "Michael Ramsey" <>; <>
Subject: Bird calls CDs-RFI
Not a bad idea, but given how much trouble online music sellers have gone
to to protect themselves from people sharing the tracks after they've
downloaded them, it might be harder than it sounds.
The set costs about $200, I think, and has around 800 tracks(?), i.e. 25c
per track.
Personally, despite being incredibly stingey about these kinds of things,
I decided that $200 was not expensive to own all those tracks so I just
bought the set. Compare it to HANZAB, for example, or a pair of
binoculars or a scope. I wouldn't expect someone who's not right into it
to feel the same way though.
Peter Shute
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From: Michael Ramsey
Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 10:54 AM
To: Peter Shute;
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Bird calls CDs-RFI
If BOCA could have a part of their site that enabled digital downloads of
calls (for a small price) I think it would be very successful.
People could select bird calls from their own area, or particlar species
they are wanting to listen to, rather than buying a whole CD (which may
have a lot of calls they don't want) and then which they then have to
convert (perhaps illegally) to mp3 format.
Michael Ramsey
From:
To: ;
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:27:20 +1000
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Bird calls CDs-RFI
CC:
If these people are beginners then one of the CDs of common birds might
be more appropriate than the who BOCA set. I think there are regional
ones, which might be even more appropriate. I don't know the names of
any, unfortunately.
Regarding putting them on DVD, I guess that might be more convenient than
10 CDs, but I think they'll fit on one CD as mp3s. But although it's
relatively easy to convert tracks to mp3, I've never heard of any
distributor saving people the trouble. A psychological barrier to illegal
copying, perhaps?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Dave Torr
> Sent: Monday, 10 May 2010 9:25 AM
> To: Chris Lloyd
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird calls CDs-RFI
>
> BOCA publishes a set of 10 CDs which have nearly all the Aus
> birds on - see
> http://www.birdobservers.org.au/GiftShop_WebCatSearch.asp?Mode
> =3&SearchText=&SearchMode=anywhich
> will also show you a few other CDs we sell as well.
>
> I guess we ought to think about putting them on a DVD at some
> stage for people who want the whole set!
>
> On 10 May 2010 09:11, Chris Lloyd <> wrote:
>
> > I remember a long discussion on the forum about the subject of bird
> > call CD/DVDs but can't remember whether there was a
> specific product
> > on the market? I have been asked by a number of people at training
> > courses whether such a CD/DVD exists and where it could be
> obtained.
> > These people are not hard core twitcher but rather
> beginners who are
> > keen. Can anyone point me in the direction of a product I can
> > recommend. Ciao
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris Lloyd
> >
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