I agree completely with Jim about the Evan and O'Brien flight call CD-ROM.
It is by far the best resource available for learning flight calls. For me
though, nothing is better than watching the bird make the flight call. You
don't have to go to a place like Assateague to do this either. Whenever
you're birding and stumble upon some active birds, take note of the sounds
they make when they are taking off or just moving around. Many sparrows
even give their flight calls while perched as well.
For crossbills, check out eBird's article for audio files of the different
types. Almost all of the reported Red Crossbills in this area have been
Type 3, which may sound different than whatever CD or app you are using.
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/red-crossbill-types
This older eBird article has 2 examples of White-winged Crossbill
recordings.
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/introduction-to%20crossbill-vocalizations
Also, I have the iBird Plus app on my phone and the second recording of
White-winged Crossbill has both of the common flight calls on the same
track.
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Jim Moore <epiphenomenon9...> wrote:
> The seminal publication on flight calls is the 2002 CD "Flight Calls of
> Migratory Birds, Eastern North American Landbirds" by William Evans and
> MD's own Michael O'Brien. It's available here:
>
> http://www.oldbird.org/**fcmbirds.htm<http://www.oldbird.org/fcmbirds.htm>
>
> as well as at Buteo Books.
>
> I believe the mobile version of the Sibley guide also has a good
> compilation of various calls, but don't have personal experience with that.
>
> Good birding!
> Jim Moore
> Rockville, MD
>
>
>
>
> On 11/7/2012 9:27 AM, Wayne Baumgartner wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have seen many reports on MDbirding recently of winter finch IDs
>> (crossbill, siskin, grosbeak, etc) made by listening to flight calls while
>> birds are passing overhead. I have some bridsong compilations (eg,
>> Stokes), but it is often difficult to identify which recorded phrases are
>> associated with what types of behavior since there is little annotation.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend good compilations of recorded birdsong? Especially
>> for learning things like the flight calls of White Crossbills?
>>
>> Thanks, and good birding,
>>
>> -Wayne Baumgartner
>> Washington, DC
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