I'd imagine recording 1000 or so names with perfectly stressed syllables would
be quite a feat, not to mention getting the pronunciation checked first. But
it's interesting how familiar the introductions become, even my kids can say
some of the subspecies names.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of John Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:24 AM
> To: Birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird Call Cd's
>
> Sorry to be frivolous, and I do appreciate the amount of work
> that went into the BOCA tapes.
>
> However, my family finds the voice introductions hilarious,
> and often when we are out and see a bird we imitate the intros:
>
> Yellow-RUMPED THORNbill &c
>
> :-)
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 11 May 2010 06:52, Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > There is a limited range of calls in this format on
> http://www.xeno-canto.org/Australasia. Xeno-canto relies
> entirely on user submitted recordings, so the best way to
> improve the database is for those who are interested in bird
> call to start recording and submit recordings to the database.
> >
> > You can edit the CD calls using something like the free
> cross platform sound editor Audacity
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ There is a nice
> sonogram/spectrum view which make it very easy to identify
> the gaps between calls and also allows you to visualise the
> details of the call which can make learn the subtle
> differences much more easily discernible.
> >
> > A fantastic book for understanding songrams and bird call
> is The Sound Approach to Birding by Mark Constantine (
> http://www.soundapproach.co.uk ) . The examples are primarily
> European but I haven't seen the information presented in such
> a reader friendly way before. Andrew Isles appears to have
> this book available.
> >
> > cheers
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/05/2010, at 4:55 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
> >
> >> I knew there would be some kind of impediment to it.
> >>
> >> My own incentive for splitting up the tracks is not for
> playback but to help me compare and learn calls. I find it
> difficult to compare calls of similar sounding species when
> there is a long delay between them, worse when they're
> separated by another sound, e.g. a human voice.
> >>
> >> The ideal solution would be a player that can create
> playlists of partial tracks, but I haven't been able to find
> one. I guess they're all intended for music tracks, and
> there's no reason to play anything but the whole track of those.
> >>
> >> Peter Shute
> >
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