I am an NYT "member." Have them right there on my NAV personal toolbar, between RefDesk, and Metros (links to most major and minor newspapers). It used to make me sign in but after a while it just stopped and now it takes me to the page lickety-split. But Bill's link took me to the sign -in page everytime. So in frustration I spouted what seems to be a popular rant at this site--"to hell with the NYT," and then I went to Alex's Cornell link, and now, at the bottom of my screen I have about five chirping .wav files lined up; they aren't differentiated by the time they make it to that bar but they all belong to small birds and there is one that sounds rather like a duck who swallowed a frog.
No really, the birds are just like techno: repetitive and inhuman. And, depending on the species, incessant. To the uninitiated, they all sound alike. They're not so strong on rhythm, but maybe that's an avant-garde pretention.
Cornell doesn't actually post their whole collection, but it shows up on a lot of other sites. Most of the species accounts from Patuxent Wildlife Research Center include song files.
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- jimlouis 5-17-2000 3:16 am
No really, the birds are just like techno: repetitive and inhuman. And, depending on the species, incessant. To the uninitiated, they all sound alike. They're not so strong on rhythm, but maybe that's an avant-garde pretention.
Cornell doesn't actually post their whole collection, but it shows up on a lot of other sites. Most of the species accounts from Patuxent Wildlife Research Center include song files.
- alex 5-17-2000 4:14 am [9 comments]