Hi All,

As a fairly new bird watcher, I have decided that it is time for me
to take time to learn some bird songs. The problem of course is which ones?

I have the Stokes CDs and took the time to make a CD of the subset of
"common" Seattle birds. This trimmed the list from ~500 to ~90. This
list is still too long to seem like a good starting point. I'd like
to trim things to perhaps 20-30 that I would try to memorize and
perhaps another 30 that I would listen to occasionally for
familiarity. It seems like the place to start is with common birds
that sing regularly, i.e. those birds I am likely to hear. It also
seems to make sense to focus on birds that I amlikely to hear but not
see or be able to identify easily otherwise.

So, I was hoping that you folks could give me some recommendations.
Where do I start?

Thanks, Mark

Mark Wensnahan
Ballard/Seattle
reganw at rockislandDOTcom