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Hi friends! My new book-and-CD, The Songs of Wild Birds (retail $19.95), has just been published by Houghton Mifflin Company, perfect timing for the 2006 Christmas season. Introducing the voices of more than fifty native birds, The Songs of Wild Birds features owls, rails, bitterns, snipe, and host of lesser-known birds that make strange, curious, or bizarre sounds. The book is illustrated by outstanding photographs coupled with informative personal essays, accented by visual representations of the sounds (sonagrams). What's more, the accompanying compact disc contains superb recordings of all the songs and calls discussed.
Click the cover photo above to order copies from amazon.com at a discounted price. And if you already own a copy and would like to ask me a question, feel free to e-mail me at: Below are descriptions of my various books with CDs (plus the disc containing the recording that's playing in the background), which can be ordered from amazon.com (usually with significant discounts) simply by clicking on the cover designs below. These titles can also be found at your local bookstores. |
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The Songs of Insects (just published)
Just released, this unique audio guide opens up a whole new world of nature sound appreciation. Covers 75 species of crickets, katydids, and cicadas of eastern and central North America. Illustrated with beautiful photographs and accompanied by an audio compact disc containing recordings of all the songs. With the help of this guide, you will finally be able to identify insect sounds and make sense of their throbbing choruses. Coauthored by Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger. Book & CD retail $19.95. Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song
This book and CD explores the poetic side of appreciating bird song, is perhaps my most creative work. Graced by over 130 photos of singing birds, most by yours truly, the book features hundreds of quotes by early naturalists and poets, including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson, Dickinson, Wordsworth, Chaucer, and many more—even haiku poets Issa and Buson! You won't regret owning this book and CD. Book & CD retail $25.00. Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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Common Birds and Their Songs
This popular book and CD has sold over 75,000 copies and is a wonderful introduction to the life histories and songs of 50 common and widespread birds. Perfect for beginner birders. I coauthored this book with accomplished bird photographer Marie Read. Includes great color photographs, range maps, natural history information, and excellent recordings of the songs and calls of each species. Book & CD retail $22.00. Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs, Eastern Region
The all-time best reference guide to bird sounds of eastern and central North America. Covers 372 species and includes excellent coverage of both songs and calls. Each species is introduced by name, followed by a sequence of recordings conveying its repertoire of sounds. The accompanying booklet includes printed descriptions of all the sounds. There is no better compact disc reference guide available. 3 CD's and booklet retail $29.95. Time Warner Audiobook. |
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Know Your Bird Sounds, Volume 1:
Yard, Garden, and City Birds The Know Your Bird Sound guides give detailed coverage of the songs and calls of common birds. Volume 1 covers 35 species found in residential settings, city parks, and urban areas across eastern and central North America. The book includes color photos plus clear descriptions of the songs and calls of each species. The accompanying compact disc gives detailed narrated introductions to each bird's "sound repertoire." These popular guides are perfect for those who want to understand and appreciate the "language" of our favorite birds. Book & CD retail $19.95. Stackpole Books. |
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Know Your Bird Sounds, Volume 2:
Birds of the Countryside The second volume in the Know Your Bird Sound series, covering 35 species found in medow, woodland, marsh, and seashore habitats in eastern and central North America. Book & CD retail $19.95. Stackpole Books. |
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The Calls of Frogs and Toads
If you're interested in frogs and toads, this book and CD are for you. Covers 42 species found in eastern and central North America. Includes advertisement calls, aggression calls, release calls, and other sounds. The perfect guide for learning to recognize the calls of the frogs and toads in your area! Book & CD retail $19.95. Stackpole Books. |
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A Guide to Wildlife Sounds
This unique audio reference guide includes the sounds of 100 North American mammals, birds, frogs, toads, insects, and even a few reptiles. Each species is introduced by name, followed by it's sounds. No other audio guide features such a diversity of recordings of our native wildlife! Book & CD retail $19.95. Stackpole Books. |
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A Guide to Night Sounds
Designed primarily for kids and young adults, the audio compact disc takes the listener on a narrated journey into the night, featuring the hoots, croaks, peeps, and snorts of 60 mammals, birds, amphibians, and insects (includes owls, rails, loons, alligators, porcupines, beavers, crickets, cranes, katydids, and a host of other night-active animals). Suitable for family listening, with informative narration interwoven with the magical sounds of the night. Book & CD retail $19.95. Stackpole Books. |
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Songbird Portraits CD - pure bird sounds without narration
(the recording that is playing in the background is from this CD!) An extraordinary collection of solos and choruses featuring many of North America's most beautiful singers. Each stereo recording is presented in its natural purity, just as it occurred in nature. Relax and enjoy this amazing medley of avian musicians.
You may also sample individual tracks from Songbird Portraits and download them directly from this web site through the following super-nifty "SnoCap Store." But be sure to disable the green audio player button at the top of this page first! |
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Note: You can also put the SnoCap Store on your own web site, simply by hitting the "Spread the Word" button at the top of the player. Then copy the html code and place it on your web page. You end up with bird songs on your web site, and you're also helping us because folks can purchase our tracks.
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