As cool as that unit sounds, what I am waiting for is a smartphone
program that would "listen" to a call and make an ID based off of it.
If the people at Shazam can do it for 10s if not 100s of thousands of
songs based off of a 6-10 second clip, surely someone could replicate
that technology for a much smaller database of bird songs. Once
again, incorporating GPS data to filter out similar-sounding yet
geographically unlikely species would be an amazing feature.

A boy can dream, right?


On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Mike & MerryLynn <m.denny at charter.net> wrote:
> Good Morning All,
>
> I just came across an add in one of the many birding magazines we receive
> monthly that I want to share with you. The add is for an electronic system
> called the ZEN-Dialectica AMBO 300 by Sunsung Inc.. This amazing system has
> a platform containing a GPS, 8MP Camera and an avian?recall unit that
> contains 423 North American?bird species?songs north of Mexico. How it
> apparently works is that once it is "initiated" or turned on the GPS
> determines your location, "prepares" an internal list of species in your
> area. Then it selects the dialects of the species songs?for that site. It
> will then play for 15 seconds any species you choose. It has the ability to
> compare and contrast the same?avian species?songs with different dialects
> from widely separated regions.?It has photo recognition of species and once
> the camera takes an?image the ZEN-Dialectica?AMBO 300 will produce the
> correct dialect of that species from the area you took the image. Really
> something, what will they think up next?
>
> One other note, Friends of ours were up in Okanogan County birding this
> weekend and on Big Soap Lake they observed a territorial pair of Surf
> Scoters. This is a large saline lake that looks ideal for Surf Scoters.
> These big sea ducks are really something to find way out in this isolated
> lake. Please don't pull a leg getting out there.
> Later Mike Denny
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> Mike & MerryLynn Denny
> Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley
>
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