Re: [MDOsprey] Bird Songs
Greg Miller (hawk-owl@yahoo.com)
Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:12:48 -0800 (PST)
Howdy All!
In addition to the other great references listed
already, I'll put in my 2 cents for a lesser-known CD.
Produced by Lanius Software, _North American Birds
Reference Book_, is also decent with many photos and
bird songs. It includes rudimentary range maps, field
descriptions, and even breeding bird survey trend
numbers for many species. I am a fan of the random
bird song and bird photo quizzes (which can be
anything from easy to difficult). Some of the photos
include female, immature/juvenile, or molting birds.
A new addition to the CD is the bird listing software,
Excalibur 2000, formerly sold separately. It is
adequate for maintaining anything from site-specific
lists to a North American life list (including
county/state lists, month lists, year lists, etc).
And for the money, it's pretty hard to beat at $29.95.
It's not the cream of the crop by any means, but it is
an affordable option for someone wanting to invest in
learning more about birds. Also, it follows world
listing nomenclature so a few birds like Black-necked
Grebe (Eared Grebe) and Buff-bellied Pipit (American
Pipit) might be initially confusing.
Well...I didn't mean to get verbose on this one. Hope
everyone enjoyed the holiday. Last year at this time
I was wading thigh deep in Everglades quagmire
searching for my nemesis Flamingo...yup...the now
infamous "canoe story". To anyone who missed reading
last year's swamp fiasco, I'll post the story again on
my web site later this week. <grin>
-Greg Miller
Hollywood, MD
http://users.erols.com/gregorym
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