Please Join the Brooklyn Bird Club Monday, September 22, 7:00 P.M. for: How to Improve Your Bird Song Identification skills
Presenter: Tom Stephenson *NOTE: This program will take place Mondayevening at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch, 10 Grand Army Plaza (718-230-2191)* There's nothing more satisfying in birding than being able to recognize the birds singing and calling around you. The language for describing visual ID points for birds greatly helps us identify the species of an unknown bird. The lack of this language for songs makes it very difficult to know how to figure out an unknown song. In this talk we'll cover how to improve your song recognition and learning skills by using memory theory combined with the understanding of song and phrase structure. We'll also discuss an efficient language for describing vocalizations and give examples of how objective analysis of songs makes it much easier to separate similar-sounding species. Tom Stephenson has been birding since he was a kid. His articles have appeared in many publications, including *Birding, Birdwatcher's Digest, Handbook of the Birds of the World*, and *Guide to the Birds of SE Brazil*. He has lectured and guided many groups across the US as well as in Asia, where he has trained guides for the government of Bhutan. In 2013, Princeton University Press published *The Warbler Guide*. http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm Dennis Hrehowsik Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
