Bird Songs of Dooryard, Field and Forest Vol. 3

Jerry and Norma Stillwell - Bird Songs of Dooryard, Field and Forest Vol. 3

The songs on this record of western birds were selected from hundreds of recordings made during three spring and summer seasons of travel across prairies and deserts, up mountains and down canyons, back and forth from the Great Plains to the Pacific - nearly 50,000 miles of travel. Western bird populations are less dense than eastern, and the extremes of altitude and rainfall contribute to many variations in the best singing seasons of various species of birds.
Out of more than 160 species of birds recorded in the west, 45, or their close relatives, may be heard on Volumes 1 or 2. These are not included on this record simply because limits of space prevent showing minor variations between eastern and western songs. The 68 species here included were selected because of wide range, prevalence, vocal ability or special interest. Several individuals or several song patterns (tunes) are given for those species which have versatility. (The Stillwells)

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. track A1 {5:22}
Western Meadowlarks, Great-tailed Grackles, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Hooded Orioles (Arizona), Bullock's Orioles, Scott's Orioles

2. track A2 {4:57}
Cactus Wrens, Rock Wrens, Canyon Wren, Gambel's Quail, California (Valley) Quail, Scaled (Blue) Quail, Mountain Quail, Mearns's (Fool) Quail

3. track A3 {5:48}
Lark Bunting, McCown's Longspurs, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Horned Larks, Western Warbling Vireos, Audubon's Warblers, Lucy's Warblers, Orange-crowned (Lutescent) Warblers, Pileolated (Black-capped) Warbler, Painted Redstarts

4. track A4 {5:46}
Mountain Chickadees, Plain Titmice, Verdin, Arizona Cardinals, Pyrrhuloxias, Brown (Canyon) Towhees, Spotted Towhees, Wren-tit, Varied Thrushes

Side B

1. track B1 {5:50}
California Thrasher, Curve-billed (Palmer's) Thrasher, Bendire's Thrasher, Sage Thrashers, Steller's Jays, California Jays, American Magpies, Gila Woodpeckers, California (Acorn) Woodpeckers

2. track B2 {4:57}
Phainopepla, Western (Arkansas) Kingbird, Cassin's Kingbird, Derby Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Say's Phoebes, Western Wood Pewee

3. track B3 {4:53}
Lazuli Bunting, House Finches (Linnets), California Purple Finches, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Green-backed Goldfinches, Arkansas Goldfinch, Pine Siskin

4. track B4 {6:33}
Desert Sparrows, Black-chinned Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Fox Sparrows, Green-tailed Towhees, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeaks

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