Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song

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Written by: Les Beletsky

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594
ISBN: 1932855416
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2006-09-21
Publisher: Chronicle Books

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Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker in a stunning new format. Renowned bird biologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, located in Ithaca, New York, is a nonprofit institution focused on birds and whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research. The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab is the major source of sound recordings of birds for research, education, conservation, the media, and commercial products.

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Trumpeter Swan
Laughing Gull
Eastern Bluebird

User Comments about the Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song

I bought this to help teach the Boy Scout merit badge of Bird Study and become quite impressed by the sheer ammount of information pressed inside this gorgeous book. The illustrations are detailed, and Beletsky gives plenty of insight into each bird and the reason behind its particular call. I would have liked a little more knowledge about the birds' ranges, but this is still very informative and the bird song player is excellent to have around.

The illustrations are gorgeous and detailed.Now the girls play calls for each other--the book works like a mini-CD-player with numbered tracks--and try to guess the bird, and they are starting to identify real bird sounds they hear in our coastal neighborhood. The variety of bird sounds is amazing. One daughter (age 8) loves birds and reads birding guides regularly, the other (age 5) loves fun stuff, and they were both entertained for hours. The Easter Bunny delivered this book to our family--total impulse purchase. We took the book to our 25-family-member Easter dinner and it was a conversation piece everyone really enjoyed. There is just enough information on each bird's page to familiarize yourself, but it's not intimidating. I ended up sending Grandma a copy because she was so enchanted.Love this book.

First of all, it only has one picture - I would like both male and female. Next you have to go up and down one number at a time to find your bird - to over 250. it would be much better to be able to enter the number with a keypad.

I bought this book for my Aunt who just loves birds. She loves it. She tells me the birds sound like the real ones.

The bird songs in this book are true to life and the beautiful illustrations are helpful in identifying birds. From the eerie call of the loon to the cackling of the ivory billed woodpecker this book is sure to please not only the birder but the armchair naturalist as well.