Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe

Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe

by Stanislas Wroza
Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe

Identifying Migratory Birds by Sound in Britain and Europe

by Stanislas Wroza

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Overview

Identify migratory birds with this book, containing detailed text on flight and contact calls, annotated sonograms and QR codes to the calls themselves.

Every spring and autumn, millions of birds fly over us to en route to their summer or winter quarters, with these migratory flights occurring both day and night. A profusion of sounds fills the air, making it possible to put a name to these fleeting silhouettes - because the best way to identify these migrants is by their calls. Often neglected in traditional identification guides, these calls are described in this book with precision. Annotated sonograms make it possible to visualise, identify and better memorise the flight and contact calls of British and European migratory species.

* Describes 450 species, with detailed text, photographs and sonograms.
* Features essential criteria for effective identification of calls in the field.
* Covers migratory behaviour and where and when to encounter each species.
* Contains QR codes linking to more than 1,000 downloadable sounds to listen to at home or on your smartphone.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399410076
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/18/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 182 MB
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About the Author

Stanislas Wroza is head of the Evaluation&Monitoring Department at the French Office of Biodiversity. He has made more than 15,000 sound recordings across Europe, Asia and North America and is involved in numerous projects about acoustic identification of birds.
In 2019, Stanislas's first book Birds by Sound was published, the first practical work to allow the reader to master the recording of bird songs and calls.
Stanislas Wroza runs France's National Biodiversity Observatory, and is a member of the French Avifauna Commission and the editorial board of the journal Ornithos. During a stay in the United States, he discovered the potential of acoustic tools in ornithology, and subsequently founded the soundbirding.org project – an acoustic exploration of wildlife. Since then, he has focused on the search for new sounds – it is amazing how much there remains to be discovered.

In 2019, Stanislas's first book Birds by Sound was published, the first practical work to allow the reader to master the recording of bird songs and calls.

Table of Contents

Scope and purpose of this book

Aerial migration
'Hop' migration
Migration of waterbirds
Migration of raptors
Nocturnal migrants

Index
Acknowledgements
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