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<p>The search for the perfect mnemonic is the bane of any field guide author, from Roger Tory Peterson to your podcast host. It's the part of writing about birds and birding that requires the most creativity, ans Nova Scotia author and artist Becca Rowland, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/girlinwhiteglasses/?hl=en">The Girl in White Glasses</a>, has come up with an entire book devoted to the weird and wonderful sounds birds make, and the weirdest and cleverest ways to describe those sounds. It's called <a href= "https://www.buteobooks.com/pages/books/15535/becca-rowland/bird-talk-hilariously-accurate-ways-to-identify-birds-by-the-sounds-they-make"> <em>Bird Talk: Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds they Make</em></a> from Storey Publishing. She joins us to talk bird noises and bird community.<br /> <br /> Also, some thoughts about the <a href="https://www.avilist.org">new taxonomy at Avilist</a>. </p> <p>Subscribe to the podcast at <a href= "https://itunes.appl...