Date:         Sat, 3 May 2003 11:21:15 -0400
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From:         Tom Dunne <tom@DUNNES.WS>
Subject:      Re: Birding by Ear advice
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Bill:
I've thought of doing the same thing and even went so far as to research
equipment. Seeing that you've already done so, I'd appreciate a bit more
detail on the equipment that you use, where to get it, cost, ease of use,
etc. Please feel free to respond directly (tom@dunnes.ws).
thanks,
tom.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ellis" <billellis@ELLISLIST.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Birding by Ear advice


> Richard:
>
> I don't think you are cheating - you're using you head.  I have just
started
> using a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 (an MP3 player with a hard drive) to
record
> songs, using a shotgun microphone.  It seems to work well, and I can copy
> the .wav file to my computer, edit it in GoldWave, and analyze the
recording
> in ScopeDSP.  I do comparisons to Thayer recordings, too.  One current
flaw
> in my rig is the Jukebox 3's 12 KHz cut-off for recordings, although it
can
> play to 20KHz.  (They thought it was a good idea to eliminate high
frequency
> noise, I think, such as unwanted warbler songs in the background of voice
> recordings!)
>
> I totally identify with the need for memory help.
>
> I plan to do song playback as well, to draw in non-breeding and common
bird
> species.  Have not tried that (since the mid-1980s), but have new
> mini-speakers for that.
>
> Bill Ellis
> Eldersburg
> Carroll County
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Richard McGuinness
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:45 PM
> To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Birding by Ear advice
>
>
> ... I've found a digital mini recorder such as one in the Panasonic's
RR-QR
> series helpful.  When I see a bird whose identify I want to verify, I
record
> the bird sounds as well as memorizing visual features and then, at home,
> compare my recordings to those on the Thayer PC birding software.  After I
> think I have a match, I use my recording as well as the Thayer software to
> memorize the birds' calls and songs.  This gives a personal meaning to the
> memorization process, as I associate my recording with a particular time
and
> place and experience. ...
>
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