I agree.  I've used a portable CD player to tune up in the spring for warblers while commuting or in the field to verify.  An iPod would be better. 
 
Denise again 
 
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Denise Ryan wrote: 
 
>I appreciate the other recordings on the site too.  The scream of the Barred Owl is one I heard recently that took me by surprise. Mostly because the volume of the scream was near police siren - levels. 
> 
>Denise Ryan 
>Washington, DC 
>   
> 
On Christmas morning I opened a present from my husband to find 
an iPod. Well, that was what my 17-year-old wanted -- so I was just a 
little confused (I had asked for a GPS). 
 
But then he spent the next four days (of HIS Christmas vacation) downloading 
a complete library of Mp3s for every bird in the Eastern (and many  
Central) US. When 
I get to go to the West Coast, he will add those. It is wonderful for  
identifications in the 
field and study (especially while commuting -- no more bus and subway  
boredom.) 
 
I have an attachment to the iPod that allows me to play the Mp3 in the field 
so that birds can hear it. 
 
He is willing to share the fruits of his labor. The easiest way is on a  
flash drive. 
It must be new and unopened. We are nuts about safe computing. I believe 
they run about $29.00 at CompUSA or Best Buy, you may be able to do better 
on sale or on line. 
 
Blessed New Year, 
Gayle 
 
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If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. 
Chinese Proverb 
 
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. 
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