Those of you who know me, know that when the weather is nice, I am outside - with eyes to the sky, and looking into the the trees - birding. This is American Bird Songs, Vol. Two. Authentic recordings of 51 bird voices, captured with a microphone in the birds' natural habitats. High-fidelity 33 1/3 RPM Record. Sounds of Nature produced by the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University." I played this record today and it is awesome! A narrator's voice tells us the bird's name, and then we hear the voice song - utterly fantastic! I will cherish the record and keep with my other instructional records on things like: how to bowl better, wine selection, duck calling, and the Sounds of Speed. This weekend down in Athens, GA while making beer with my counsin David Little on his back deck - Nancy heard, then saw an Eastern Roufus-sided) Towhee, a strikingly marked, oversized sparrow of the East, feathered in bold black and warm reddish-browns – if you can get a clear look at it. Eastern Towhees are birds of the undergrowth, where their rummaging makes far more noise than you would expect for their size. Their chewink calls let you know how common they are, but many of your sightings end up mere glimpses through tangles of little stems.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
American Bird Songs - Vol. II
Those of you who know me, know that when the weather is nice, I am outside - with eyes to the sky, and looking into the the trees - birding. This is American Bird Songs, Vol. Two. Authentic recordings of 51 bird voices, captured with a microphone in the birds' natural habitats. High-fidelity 33 1/3 RPM Record. Sounds of Nature produced by the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University." I played this record today and it is awesome! A narrator's voice tells us the bird's name, and then we hear the voice song - utterly fantastic! I will cherish the record and keep with my other instructional records on things like: how to bowl better, wine selection, duck calling, and the Sounds of Speed. This weekend down in Athens, GA while making beer with my counsin David Little on his back deck - Nancy heard, then saw an Eastern Roufus-sided) Towhee, a strikingly marked, oversized sparrow of the East, feathered in bold black and warm reddish-browns – if you can get a clear look at it. Eastern Towhees are birds of the undergrowth, where their rummaging makes far more noise than you would expect for their size. Their chewink calls let you know how common they are, but many of your sightings end up mere glimpses through tangles of little stems.
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Curtis - Only you could get away with a post like this and at the same time make the reader want to go birding and listen to the record beforehand!
ReplyDeleteAndy Cortwright