Features: Consists of three CDs and a guide booklet. Covers the sounds of 372 species living in Eastern North America. Narrator Lang Elliott introduces each species with the name and a variety of its songs and calls. The audioguide codes the CD track number for each species, gives a page number corresponding to the companion book, and an explanation of each type of call and its function.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
wonderful, August 4, 2008
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Amy (Mitchell, IN)
Hands down the best field guide to songs available. I've tried all the others - this one is the best! The recordings are more complete, including call notes and other noises that can make the difference for a positive identification.
Stokes bird song field guide, July 26, 2008
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C. KellyVery handy and easy to use as a reference and with BirdJam for iPod, but not as good for a beginner just starting.
Stokes Bird Song Eastern Region, July 6, 2008
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J. KernGreat product. Only criticism is that the cd case doesn't open and close properly/easily.
Fast shipment. Would recommend.
This product hits the mark, May 25, 2008
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J. Van DusenStokes Field Guide to Bird Songs can be downloaded on an i-pod and used in conjuction with "Bird Jam" software to allow easy field identification of birds. If you are a birder, and like to know what birds are around, this product will confirm your identifications. You will even be able to ID the little guys by ear. It is thorough, accurate and fun.
A comprehensive collection, March 22, 2008
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Jay (Dearborn Heights, MI, USA)
Over 350 bird species are represented in this set (3 CDs, 99 tracks per CD, some tracks having more than one species). I find it to be very complete; it even includes several species that only occur as accidentals in the east region.
The recordings usually include several vocalizations for each species (songs, warning calls, imitations of other birds, or chip notes). Most samples are about 35 seconds long.
The short introductory track, in which the Stokes demonstrate reading from a script, is laughably bad, but fortunately that is not the point.
I have enjoyed birding for years and am familiar with a wide range of calls, and I am finding this set very useful for reinforcement of the ones I know and for learning the ones that I only hear for several weeks a year, such as transient species of warblers. I recommend it.
