Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Our Review: Best iPhone Apps for Learning Bird Songs

Our Review: Best iPhone Apps for Learning Bird Songs

"Learning bird sounds is probably the single most important skill in moving from beginning birding to intermediate birding. And from that point onward, using sounds to your advantage is an essential tool and an endless source of learning, discovery, and enjoyment. Fortunately, we live in a time when excellent digital recording archives coexist with tiny, powerful computers. You can actually carry a shelf full of field guides, a library full of recordings, and a pretty decent camera around in your pocket, with room left over for your car keys. Bear in mind that the new bird song apps won’t change one aspect of learning: it is still going to take lots of practice. But some apps make it much easier to get that practice in—by organizing similar songs into useful groups, by coaching you with expert advice as you listen, and by turning practice sessions into fun quizzes."

Our Review: Best iPhone Apps for Learning Bird Songs

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