Dear Tweeters,
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Thank you all for the wonderful advice about bird-song devices.
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So far, I have read about i-touch, i-pod, birdjam, smartphone, Tascam products, Gophone, and identiflyer. They all sound intriguing.
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As some of you guessed, the reason I don't want a smart phone is because I don't want to become one of "those people" who are always walking around, looking at a device in their hand, sliding their finger across a little glass plate. There's something about that sort of thing that wigs me out.
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Well, that said, if anyone out there has further suggestions, I would love to hear them!
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Thanks again.
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Of course, knowing how tortoise-like I am about adopting technologies, I might be thinking of Christmas 2013 before I make up my mind! But don't
let that stop you from sending more suggestions--off-list is fine!
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Yours gratefully,

Gary Bletsch

Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA

garybletsch at yahoo.com

"Nun," sagte ich, "wenn ich ein Taugenichts bin, so ist's gut, so will ich in die Welt gehen, und mein Glueck machen." Und eigentlich war mir das recht lieb, denn es war mir kurz vorher selber eingefallen, auf Reisen zu gehen, da ich die Goldammer, welche im Herbst und Winter immer betruebt an unserm Fenster sang: "Bauer, miet' mich, Bauer, miet' mich!" nun in der schoenen Fruehlingszeit wieder ganz stolz und lustig vom Baume rufen hoerte: "Bauer, behalt' deinen Dienst!"