http://www.sibleyguides.com/2009/12/kingbirds-nightjars-and-the-perception-of-bird-sounds/ Identification of North American birds and trees Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sibleyguides.com/2009/12/kingbirds-nightjars-and-the-perception-of-bird-sounds/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Rob Young Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:53:28 +0000 http://www.sibleyguides.com/?p=1439#comment-312 Is one danger of learning songs from recordings the fact that the published songs tend to be pristine, full songs from breeding grounds. Little of the natural, even geographical, variation is represented nor is the fact that young birds 'get in wrong' while they are still learning, even on spring migration back to their first breeding attempt. How many times have we been drawn by a song which sounds pretty good for Species A, only for a Species B to come from the bush? Is one danger of learning songs from recordings the fact that the published songs tend to be pristine, full songs from breeding grounds.
Little of the natural, even geographical, variation is represented nor is the fact that young birds ‘get in wrong’ while they are still learning, even on spring migration back to their first breeding attempt.
How many times have we been drawn by a song which sounds pretty good for Species A, only for a Species B to come from the bush?

]]> http://www.sibleyguides.com/2009/12/kingbirds-nightjars-and-the-perception-of-bird-sounds/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Nathan Pieplow Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.sibleyguides.com/?p=1439#comment-304 Great post. I've chewed on this for a couple days and <a href="http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/1280" rel="nofollow">responded</a> back at my blog. Thanks for challenging me to think deeply about my approach. I think it's been extremely useful to me. Great post. I’ve chewed on this for a couple days and responded back at my blog. Thanks for challenging me to think deeply about my approach. I think it’s been extremely useful to me.

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