Do you enjoy listening to bird songs and calls? Birding by ear (listening to, and identifying birds by their songs and calls) is a great way to locate birds, and often the easiest way to identify birds. And bird song identification adds to our overall enjoyment of birding.
It's delightful waking up to bird songs in the early morning and knowing what they are -- perhaps robins and cardinals. It's satisfying to recognize the enchanting breezy, down-ward spiraling song of the veery out in the woods, and it's enjoyable knowing that the friendly chirping outside the window on a cold, sunny winter day is from house sparrows congregating together.
It's also exciting to hear unfamiliar bird songs. You may not always be able to identify the bird visually, but you may be able to figure it out from listening to Birding by Ear CDs
or to recorded bird calls on birding websites.
It's delightful waking up to bird songs in the early morning and knowing what they are -- perhaps robins and cardinals. It's satisfying to recognize the enchanting breezy, down-ward spiraling song of the veery out in the woods, and it's enjoyable knowing that the friendly chirping outside the window on a cold, sunny winter day is from house sparrows congregating together.
It's also exciting to hear unfamiliar bird songs. You may not always be able to identify the bird visually, but you may be able to figure it out from listening to Birding by Ear CDs
or to recorded bird calls on birding websites.
