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Birdsongs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library Online Archive 
 "The world's largest archive of animal sounds and video," with thousands of sounds of the world's birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, insects and spiders, and mammals. Searchable by common or scientific name, location, recording date, and other items. Some features require free software downloads. From Cornell University. http://macaulaylibrary.org/ Topics: Birds Last updated Mar 11, 2009 Dan Mennill's Bird Songs of the Yucatan Peninsula
"An on-line guide to some common tropical bird vocalizations with descriptive analyses," this site includes sound files and spectrograms for the bird songs and calls of over a dozen tropical birds of the Yucatan Peninsula area of Mexico. Also provides brief descriptions of the songs and the singing behavior of the birds. From a Canadian ornithologist. http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/dmennill/Mexico/Mexico.html Topics: Birds Last updated Nov 9, 2006 Nature Songs
A sampling of sounds from nature, including those of North American and Costa Rican birds as well as other animals, insects, and even people. There are links to other sound sites. Additionally, there is technical information about make recording and how to reduce the size of a sound file. http://www.naturesongs.com/ Topics: Birds, Internet, Music, Science Last updated Aug 20, 2002 Science of Music: Accidental Scientist
"What is music? Is birdsong music? How about the tap-tap-tap of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a garbage can different than playing a drum? Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and above all ... listen." From the Exploratorium. http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Birds, Music, Philosophy Last updated Apr 25, 2005 |
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