Comments on: For the Birds and Bird Lovers

For the Birds and Bird Lovers

sciurus — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:54:29 -0800

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a great source for all kinds of information on our feathered friends. The bird identification section is particular useful. There are also NestCams.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:22:15 -0800

Ok, that's a cool resource, and all I've actually looked at are the NestCams. What's not to like about a cluthc of barn owls? Awesome. I'm gonna go look at the actual site now.

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:52:27 -0800

My WebDev friend's first MeFi-ing. WTG, Becky!

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:03:47 -0800

Oh, man, I grew up listening to my mom's birdsong LPs from the Cornell Ornithology department. I've forgotten most of the birdsongs but I still have the voice embedded in my head, announcing the birds in clipped, precised tones: "Red. Eyed. Vireo." , and so on.

By: maggiemaggie

maggiemaggie — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:24:24 -0800

You should check out these Breezy Singers - motion activated toy birds based on research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Several of these birds recently invaded my office. They are wonderful.

By: pkingdesign

pkingdesign — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:32:46 -0800

I'd like to to take this opportunity to point out that Cornell is awesome. Wolfdog - I'm wondering if these CDs are similar to the ones you mentioned listening to when you were a kid? They sound pretty cool. Might have to borrow them from the library or something. I also wonder how similar the birdsong recordings are to the shortware radio code recordings that were used in Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album. A friend has a huge collection, but I can't remember the name...

By: Mr. Crowley

Mr. Crowley — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:33:19 -0800

I'm lucky enough to live 2 miles from the lab. There's a series of tidy paths through a woodland teeming with different bird species. It's an idyllic lunchtime stroll, if you can ignore the traffic from the nearby highway.