Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:15:17 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Feild Subject: Birding CD-ROMS- Opinions Wanted on International Birds of Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Hi, Does anyone have any experience with the CD Thayer Birding Software - Birds of North America. Birder's Diary? I am wondering if this includes all of the information that is in the non-diary version of Birds of NA. Thanks for the help. Tom At 04:44 PM 11/29/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I own both the Peterson's and the Thayer and I have to say that the songs on >the Thayer software are light years better in sound quality that the >Petersen's. As far as variations in song there is only one sound file for >each bird but there are some variations. All in all the Thayer software is >much much better. The only down side is that it loads images slowly, but >usually isn't a big concern. I have a 200 MHZ Pentium, but I'm sure the >newer faster chips help in this area. I have no experience with the other >item you mentioned, but I do know that the Thayer is supposed to be the best >out there. Hope this helps you > >Greg Downing >Manchester, MD >gregdowning@mindspring.com > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "gonbrdn" < >To: < >Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 4:12 PM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Birding CD-ROMS- Opinions Wanted > > >> Hi All: >> I am getting ready to give my husband the Xmas list, and need some >> opinions!! I have been using Peterson CD-ROM to Eastern Birds for bird >> song reference, and want to upgrade, especially to something that might >> include more CALLS and variations of song. Does anyone have experience >> with quality of the following: >> >> 1. BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA >> Thayer Birding Software- pictures and songs of 918 NA birds. >> Would cover a wider range of birds, espcially if I make that trip >> through Eastern CDA summer 2001. >> >> 2. AVISYS SONG >> - features reference songs from a set of 2 CDs. >> >> 3. CD-ROM Guide to EASTERN BIRDS >> - features songs/calls of 400+ eastern species and video clips. >> - also has listing programs >> - price reasonable at 65$$ >> I am particularly interested in this latter item if anyone has any >> experience with this. It was advertised in the most recent >> BIRDERS WORLD. >> >> Thanks for any input on these or any not-mentioned bird song CD-ROMs >> >> Leslie Fisher >> Cecil Co. >> >> ======================================================================= >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >> ======================================================================= > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > > *********************************************************************** Tom Feild GLAS I&T Manager Code 568 NASA/GSFC (301)286-6686 tom.feild@gsfc.nasa.gov *********************************************************************** ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================