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Title: Bird Call Recognition Training
Review: The intrusion of the human voice, on whatever noble teaching mission or however brief, diminishes the experience of the silence of the forest, broken only by the bird calls. I prefer recordings that are limited to nature sounds, with no human voice that labels the bird. I can use a printed list to follow the calls when I wish to learn the birds names. Many times I just listen to the calls, which builds a curiosity to learn some of the names. One morning, a pileated woodpecker visited a tree near my chair, investigating the "intruder"--the recorded calls coming from speakers beside my open windows.
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