Chris Packham's Nature Handbook

Chris Packman Nature handbook

Identify Birds through their Songs and Calls

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Identify Birds

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Bird Watching is the study and observation of birds with the naked eye using visual enhancements. However, Bird Watching has a significant auditory component, as many birds are more readily identified by sound than sight. Hence, BirdMIKE enriches your experience by enabling you, not only to hear different bird voices but also record them.


How Can BirdMIKE Help?


Ways of identifying British Birds and their sounds is an important part of a birder's toolkit. Sound information assists in the locating, watching, identification and sexing of birds. With BirdMIKE ’s unique technology, you can record and reproduce these sounds at your convenience. The non-linear nature of digital audio technology has also made selecting and accessing the required recordings much more flexible than CDs. With BirdMIKE , it is now possible to take a recording of every bird call you are likely to encounter in a given area, out into the field stored on a device that will slip into your pocket, and you can retrieve calls for playback and comparison in any order you choose. BirdMIKE acts as a bird identifier for many enthusiasts as you can hear different bird voices, which come pre-recorded on the Field Guide. At the same time it is a re-caller for what has already been recorded on the BirdMIKE .

You can also use the BirdMIKE  British Birds Guide with pictures to help you identify the birds visually and record their voices.