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99 tracks | 72 minutes
Released Aug 2007
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:42 Song Sparrow FREE 01:42 Song Sparrow "GIFT MP3" 01:42 Song Sparrow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:32 Chestnut-backed & Black-capped Chickadee BUY MP3 01:32 Chestnut-backed & Black-capped Chickadee "GIFT MP3" 01:32 Chestnut-backed & Black-capped Chickadee
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:33 Rufous Hummingbird BUY MP3 00:33 Rufous Hummingbird "GIFT MP3" 00:33 Rufous Hummingbird
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:44 European Starling BUY MP3 00:44 European Starling "GIFT MP3" 00:44 European Starling
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:45 House Sparrow BUY MP3 00:45 House Sparrow "GIFT MP3" 00:45 House Sparrow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Bewick's Wren BUY MP3 00:42 Bewick's Wren "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Bewick's Wren
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Violet-green Swallow BUY MP3 00:39 Violet-green Swallow "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Violet-green Swallow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Purple Finch BUY MP3 00:37 Purple Finch "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Purple Finch
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:53 House Finch BUY MP3 00:53 House Finch "GIFT MP3" 00:53 House Finch
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Northern Flicker BUY MP3 00:42 Northern Flicker "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Northern Flicker
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:29 Hairy Woodpecker BUY MP3 00:29 Hairy Woodpecker "GIFT MP3" 00:29 Hairy Woodpecker
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Spotted Towhee BUY MP3 00:37 Spotted Towhee "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Spotted Towhee
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:52 Dark-eyed Junco BUY MP3 00:52 Dark-eyed Junco "GIFT MP3" 00:52 Dark-eyed Junco
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:43 California Quail BUY MP3 00:43 California Quail "GIFT MP3" 00:43 California Quail
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:54 Orange-crowned Warbler& Rufous Hummingbird BUY MP3 00:54 Orange-crowned Warbler& Rufous Hummingbird "GIFT MP3" 00:54 Orange-crowned Warbler& Rufous Hummingbird
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:45 Band-tailed Pigeon BUY MP3 00:45 Band-tailed Pigeon "GIFT MP3" 00:45 Band-tailed Pigeon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:41 White-crowned Sparrow BUY MP3 00:41 White-crowned Sparrow "GIFT MP3" 00:41 White-crowned Sparrow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:30 Bushtit BUY MP3 00:30 Bushtit "GIFT MP3" 00:30 Bushtit
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:09 Sky Lark BUY MP3 01:09 Sky Lark "GIFT MP3" 01:09 Sky Lark
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:31 Savannah Sparrow BUY MP3 00:31 Savannah Sparrow "GIFT MP3" 00:31 Savannah Sparrow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Brewer's Blackbird BUY MP3 00:35 Brewer's Blackbird "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Brewer's Blackbird
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:41 Western Screech-Owl BUY MP3 00:41 Western Screech-Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:41 Western Screech-Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:33 Barred Owl BUY MP3 01:33 Barred Owl "GIFT MP3" 01:33 Barred Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:46 Spotted Owl BUY MP3 00:46 Spotted Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:46 Spotted Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:32 Northern Pygmy-Owl BUY MP3 00:32 Northern Pygmy-Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:32 Northern Pygmy-Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:31 Northern Saw-whet Owl BUY MP3 00:31 Northern Saw-whet Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:31 Northern Saw-whet Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Barn Owl BUY MP3 00:35 Barn Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Barn Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Great Horned Owl BUY MP3 00:42 Great Horned Owl "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Great Horned Owl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:34 Common Nighthawk BUY MP3 00:34 Common Nighthawk "GIFT MP3" 00:34 Common Nighthawk
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:01 Common Raven BUY MP3 01:01 Common Raven "GIFT MP3" 01:01 Common Raven
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:34 Northwestern Crow BUY MP3 00:34 Northwestern Crow "GIFT MP3" 00:34 Northwestern Crow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:47 Red-breasted Sapsucker BUY MP3 00:47 Red-breasted Sapsucker "GIFT MP3" 00:47 Red-breasted Sapsucker
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:31 Red-breasted Nuthatch BUY MP3 00:31 Red-breasted Nuthatch "GIFT MP3" 00:31 Red-breasted Nuthatch
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:57 Great Blue Heron BUY MP3 00:57 Great Blue Heron "GIFT MP3" 00:57 Great Blue Heron
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Pacific Tree Frog BUY MP3 00:37 Pacific Tree Frog "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Pacific Tree Frog
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Blue Grouse BUY MP3 00:37 Blue Grouse "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Blue Grouse
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:48 Ruffed Grouse BUY MP3 00:48 Ruffed Grouse "GIFT MP3" 00:48 Ruffed Grouse
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Cassin's Vireo BUY MP3 00:35 Cassin's Vireo "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Cassin's Vireo
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:38 Hutton's Vireo BUY MP3 00:38 Hutton's Vireo "GIFT MP3" 00:38 Hutton's Vireo
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:45 Warbling Vireo BUY MP3 00:45 Warbling Vireo "GIFT MP3" 00:45 Warbling Vireo
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Pacific-slope Western Flycatcher BUY MP3 00:39 Pacific-slope Western Flycatcher "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Pacific-slope Western Flycatcher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Black-throated Gray Warbler BUY MP3 00:35 Black-throated Gray Warbler "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Black-throated Gray Warbler
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:29 Townsend's Warbler BUY MP3 01:29 Townsend's Warbler "GIFT MP3" 01:29 Townsend's Warbler
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:41 House Wren BUY MP3 00:41 House Wren "GIFT MP3" 00:41 House Wren
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:43 Swainson's Thrush BUY MP3 00:43 Swainson's Thrush "GIFT MP3" 00:43 Swainson's Thrush
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:36 Western Tanager BUY MP3 00:36 Western Tanager "GIFT MP3" 00:36 Western Tanager
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Olive-sided Flycatcher BUY MP3 00:39 Olive-sided Flycatcher "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Olive-sided Flycatcher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:41 Varied Thrush BUY MP3 00:41 Varied Thrush "GIFT MP3" 00:41 Varied Thrush
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Cooper'd Hawk BUY MP3 00:37 Cooper'd Hawk "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Cooper'd Hawk
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:46 Merlin BUY MP3 00:46 Merlin "GIFT MP3" 00:46 Merlin
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:25 Hammond's Flycatcher BUY MP3 00:25 Hammond's Flycatcher "GIFT MP3" 00:25 Hammond's Flycatcher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Willow Flycatcher BUY MP3 00:37 Willow Flycatcher "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Willow Flycatcher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:38 MacGillvray's Warbler BUY MP3 00:38 MacGillvray's Warbler "GIFT MP3" 00:38 MacGillvray's Warbler
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:46 Wilson's Warbler BUY MP3 00:46 Wilson's Warbler "GIFT MP3" 00:46 Wilson's Warbler
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:36 Osprey BUY MP3 00:36 Osprey "GIFT MP3" 00:36 Osprey
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:30 Pileated Woodpecker BUY MP3 00:30 Pileated Woodpecker "GIFT MP3" 00:30 Pileated Woodpecker
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:29 Brown Creeper BUY MP3 00:29 Brown Creeper "GIFT MP3" 00:29 Brown Creeper
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:43 Winter Wren BUY MP3 00:43 Winter Wren "GIFT MP3" 00:43 Winter Wren
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:38 Golden-crowned Kinglet BUY MP3 00:38 Golden-crowned Kinglet "GIFT MP3" 00:38 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:54 Marbled Murrelet BUY MP3 00:54 Marbled Murrelet "GIFT MP3" 00:54 Marbled Murrelet
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:38 Sandhill Crane BUY MP3 00:38 Sandhill Crane "GIFT MP3" 00:38 Sandhill Crane
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Red-winged Blackbird BUY MP3 00:35 Red-winged Blackbird "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Red-winged Blackbird
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:41 Virginia Rail BUY MP3 00:41 Virginia Rail "GIFT MP3" 00:41 Virginia Rail
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Marsh Wren BUY MP3 00:39 Marsh Wren "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Marsh Wren
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:36 American Bittern BUY MP3 00:36 American Bittern "GIFT MP3" 00:36 American Bittern
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Pied-billed Grebe BUY MP3 00:42 Pied-billed Grebe "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Pied-billed Grebe
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Mallard BUY MP3 00:39 Mallard "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Mallard
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Common Yellowthroat BUY MP3 00:39 Common Yellowthroat "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Common Yellowthroat
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Yellow Warbler BUY MP3 00:37 Yellow Warbler "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Yellow Warbler
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:46 Canada Geese BUY MP3 00:46 Canada Geese "GIFT MP3" 00:46 Canada Geese
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:43 Bald Eagle BUY MP3 00:43 Bald Eagle "GIFT MP3" 00:43 Bald Eagle
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:42 Belted Kingfisher BUY MP3 00:42 Belted Kingfisher "GIFT MP3" 00:42 Belted Kingfisher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:33 Killdeer BUY MP3 00:33 Killdeer "GIFT MP3" 00:33 Killdeer
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:53 Black Oystercatcher BUY MP3 00:53 Black Oystercatcher "GIFT MP3" 00:53 Black Oystercatcher
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:51 Black Turnstone BUY MP3 00:51 Black Turnstone "GIFT MP3" 00:51 Black Turnstone
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:45 Purple Martin BUY MP3 00:45 Purple Martin "GIFT MP3" 00:45 Purple Martin
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:47 Peregrine Falcon BUY MP3 00:47 Peregrine Falcon "GIFT MP3" 00:47 Peregrine Falcon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:57 Glaucous-winged Gull BUY MP3 00:57 Glaucous-winged Gull "GIFT MP3" 00:57 Glaucous-winged Gull
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:31 Mew Gull BUY MP3 00:31 Mew Gull "GIFT MP3" 00:31 Mew Gull
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 Bonaparte's Gull BUY MP3 00:35 Bonaparte's Gull "GIFT MP3" 00:35 Bonaparte's Gull
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:38 American Wigeon BUY MP3 00:38 American Wigeon "GIFT MP3" 00:38 American Wigeon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:40 Harlequin Duck BUY MP3 00:40 Harlequin Duck "GIFT MP3" 00:40 Harlequin Duck
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:44 Common Loon BUY MP3 00:44 Common Loon "GIFT MP3" 00:44 Common Loon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:29 Red-throated Loon BUY MP3 00:29 Red-throated Loon "GIFT MP3" 00:29 Red-throated Loon
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:33 Western Grebe BUY MP3 00:33 Western Grebe "GIFT MP3" 00:33 Western Grebe
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:34 Red-necked Grebe BUY MP3 00:34 Red-necked Grebe "GIFT MP3" 00:34 Red-necked Grebe
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:55 Black Scoter BUY MP3 00:55 Black Scoter "GIFT MP3" 00:55 Black Scoter
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:48 Long-tailed Duck BUY MP3 00:48 Long-tailed Duck "GIFT MP3" 00:48 Long-tailed Duck
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:57 Common Goldeneye BUY MP3 00:57 Common Goldeneye "GIFT MP3" 00:57 Common Goldeneye
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Brant Western subspecies BUY MP3 00:37 Brant Western subspecies "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Brant Western subspecies
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Snow Goose BUY MP3 00:37 Snow Goose "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Snow Goose
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:48 Trumpeter Swan BUY MP3 00:48 Trumpeter Swan "GIFT MP3" 00:48 Trumpeter Swan
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:50 Double-crested Cormorant BUY MP3 00:50 Double-crested Cormorant "GIFT MP3" 00:50 Double-crested Cormorant
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:22 Pelagic Cormorant BUY MP3 00:22 Pelagic Cormorant "GIFT MP3" 00:22 Pelagic Cormorant
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:05 Pigeon Gillemot BUY MP3 01:05 Pigeon Gillemot "GIFT MP3" 01:05 Pigeon Gillemot
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:48 Ancient Murrelet BUY MP3 00:48 Ancient Murrelet "GIFT MP3" 00:48 Ancient Murrelet
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:24 Rhinoceros Auklet & Cassin's Auklet BUY MP3 01:24 Rhinoceros Auklet & Cassin's Auklet "GIFT MP3" 01:24 Rhinoceros Auklet & Cassin's Auklet
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:38 Harbour Seal,Steller's & California Sea Lion BUY MP3 01:38 Harbour Seal,Steller's & California Sea Lion "GIFT MP3" 01:38 Harbour Seal,Steller's & California Sea Lion
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:18 Closing BUY MP3 00:18 Closing "GIFT MP3" 00:18 Closing
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Beautifully crafted natural sounds of the birds, mammals and rodents of the West Coast.
Bio / Background
Review from Exploring the Best 2007 Cover story The Birdman of Salt Spring by Michael Wiley
Bird Songs of Canada's West Coast by John Neville (1999)
99 songs.
Playing time 73.5 min
www.nevillerecording.com.
Rise early, walk softly and carry a big garbage bag ...
John Neville, well-known Salt Spring naturalist and birdsong recorder, lives by those words. In order to be in the woods or at the water's edge at the prime time for recording, Neville often arises at 3:30 a.m. His goal is to be in the designated bird territory when the birds are most vocally active, and before the cars, outboard motors and chainsaws have added their voices to the composition.
Originally from England, Neville credits his naturalist grandfather for his own early and lasting appreciation for the outdoors and the critters, as he calls them, which inhabit it. Arriving in Canada in 1975, Neville found himself surrounded by unfamiliar critters and unfamiliar sounds.
↓ more ↓Books were plentiful, but he found few sources of recorded bird songs. Seeking a solution and following his passion, Neville enrolled in ornithology and bird recording courses' given by the University of Cornell. Neville released his first CD, Birds of the Kootenays, in 1994 and has released a new CD almost every year since.
When Neville heads to work in the pre-dawn hours, his "tool kit" includes mini-discs, recorders, spare batteries, a 55 cm parabolic dish with a shotgun microphone (mic) fitted at its focal point and the ever-present plastic garbage bag. Neville spends many long and often cold hours making his wonderful recordings. Experience has taught him that a handy garbage bag is great insurance against a sudden downpour or an accidental mishandling near a pond or marsh. Apart from footwear and clothing appropriate for the temperature and conditions, Neville wears dark or dull clothing to avoid spooking his subjects. With all the necessary equipment and planning, the final ingredient is always patience-patience during the slow, stealthy advance toward his target, and patience while waiting quietly for the birds to approach him. The skilled Neville will sometimes be able to record the birds from as close as two metres. Neville says that a distance of six metres is adequate.
Neville's CDs are invaluable in situations where you hear a new bird song and have no idea what kind of bird is making it. In my case, the mystery call was rather loon-like, but I doubted that even an uncaring loon could miss the species standard by that much. I couldn't decide if I should be looking in a tree, on a fencepost or on the water. Thanks to Neville's Bird Songs of Canada's West Coast, I was finally able to identify the Pied-billed grebe.
Faithfully recorded and reproduced birdsongs are the expectation, but the real highlight of these CDs is the sound of a friendly, passionate naturalist, delighted to share his recorded sounds and experiences. Neville believes that the more we know about the woods and its inhabitants, the more comfortable we will be in the woods and the better we will appreciate the responsibility of stewardship we have over these assets. Neville's website, www.nevillerecording.com, is far from being all about selling Neville's CDs. The website is full of interesting tidbits and even provides information about the equipment and techniques required to record birdsongs on your own. Check it out.
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