Her is the western edition of A Field Guide to Bird Songs, the best-selling bird song collection ever recorded. This edition includes the songs and calls of 522 species — all the most common and vocal birds found in western North America. Organized as a companion to Roger Tory Peterson’s Field Guide to Western Birds, this is the “birder’s bible” of bird song.
Not portable-CD-player friendly I own the 1992 edition, which has been very useful. The latest edition is the ’92 edition repackaged; the contents are the same. I confirmed this with the publisher. The price has dropped merely because the packaging is cheaper to produce; that’s according to their editorial staff.
Good set, but has not made me an instant expert. Darn. I’m not sure these CDs will make an instant expert on bird songs in the wild, but listening to it at least made the morning commute quite pleasant. I have no plans to use the CDs in the wild, but I want to listen to, and, I hope, become more familiar with bird songs when I have long periods in the car so this set, while they are 20+ years old now, and it’s not easy to find one particular bird, they will be great for general listening especially for the price.
We gave this to a boy scout after a trip … We gave this to a boy scout after a trip to Philmont since he was always whistling bird calls. After many tries of finding this exact CD, he just loves it and speaks about it quite a bit to the troop leaders. Thank you from a Troup Leader and the scout.