Roberts certainly has the better call library of the apps. There are quite a
few contributors on www.xeno-canto.org as well for localized calls.
Faansie's wader book is now published as well, the LBJ's is available as an
eBook - quite useful to reduce your luggage weight!
http://faansiepeacock.com/buy-lbjs-ebook/
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Steve Clark
Sent: 10 October 2017 23:28
To:
Cc: Birding Aus <>
Subject: Bird calls for South Africa
G'day Akos et al.
Check out http://www.simplybirding.com/ as well for an alternate LBJ book and
call CDs.
Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton, Victoria
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:15 AM, David Adams <> wrote:
> > Could anyone recommend an app or a collection of bird call
> > recordings I
> can purchase before
> > my trip to South Africa in June next year?
>
> Lucky you! There's a fairly active local email list for South Africa
> and I've always found them very helpful with questions:
>
> https://isabirdnet.wordpress.com/faq/
>
> Southern Africa is better-covered with apps, books, etc. than anyplace
> else on earth outside of North America. For songs and apps, I've used
> Roberts and eSasol..and a stack of other books (I'm not at home right
> now, ask if you need more suggestions.) Get both. For field
> guides...there is much debate...I'd get eSasol on paper and Roberts only
> electronically.
>
> One book to *absolutely* get is Faansie Peacock's LBJ's book:
>
> http://faansiepeacock.com/lbjs-2/
>
> I'm keen on field guides and can't compare this with *any* of them.
> It's unique, and a masterpiece. Unlike here, southern Africa has tons of LBJs.
> Tons. Faansie's book makes it possible to make progress with them and
> enjoy them a whole lot more. The text and illustrations throughout are
> just fascinating.
>
> In looking this up, I noticed that he's got a new wader book coming out:
> http://faansiepeacock.com/waders-book/
>
> There's a nice little video introduction. I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
> As an illustrator, Faansie Peacock is only one of a handful of people
> at the level of Doug Pratt. (He does the hard sea birds and birds of
> Hawaii as his scientific speciality, but used to contribute tons of
> plates to other books as well.) I don't just mean the quality of the
> paintings, I mean the quality of *observation* going into the
> paintings. For very subtle groups (LBJs, sea birds, waders all come to
> mind), it takes a very, very particular sort of illustrator to do
> things well. Faansie Peacock is one of those exceptionally rare people.
>
> > Ideally I'd like something like the old BOCA CDs where a person
> > names the
> birds before the calls are played so I can just
> > listen over and over without having to click on each species just to
> > hear
> calls. It would be great for my bus rides to work.
>
> I don't have the apps with me, but some bird apps have a kind of
> training or quiz mode.
>
> Have a great trip!
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