Rival great tits.
You are invited to collect great tit calls with the “Minu loodusheli – My nature sound” app for smart mobiles!
Great tits have tens of different songs and calls. The app “Minu loodusheli – My nature sound” makes it possible for everyone with an interest in nature to record the sounds of the great tit and other calls in nature and make them into sound observations in a database.
For all “Minu loodusheli” users a personal data file is created that can be heard, analysed and also shared with others for listening through the web page or a smart mobile. The collection of bird sounds will provide an overview of the diversity of great tit calls and may also lead to new finds in the repertoire of great tits.
Among the participants who send sound observations of great tits made with the “Minu loodusheli” before June 1st there will be a prize draw – bird sound records and Estonian Ornithological Society Bird of the Year souvenirs as prizes.
The “Minu loodusheli” can be used even when the song or call is not quite definitely identified as being from a great tit – ornithologists will help with identifications or make them more precise. The uses of “Minu loodusheli” are not limited to collection of great tit calls or of other bird species; it can be used to document observations of all animals that produce noises.
The “Minu loodusheli” application is created by the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu in collaboration with the Estonian Museum of Natural History.
The “Minu loodusheli” application can be downloaded for Android devices (from version 4.0 onwards) here: LINK
and for iPhone (beginning from iOS 7) here: LINK
A guide for using “Minu loodusheli” (Android version) is on the web site of the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu: LINK
As soon as the moderators have confirmed an observation it will become public in the info system PlutoF: LINK
Listen to great tit sounds recorded by Veljo. The last, a record of an alarm call, is currently often heard: LINK
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