ABOUT US...

 

BIRD CALL CONSULTANTS are dedicated to the mission of insuring accuracy and integrity in the film and television industries with regard to the use of bird calls as background sound.

So, WHO CARES?  93 million birdwatchers in the United States, that's who!  That's thirty percent of the population representing a 30 billion dollar industry.  And they all go to movies and watch television.

They care when impossible and distracting bird songs or calls are used as capricious background sound.  Even David Letterman has recently focused on television sports coverage using "phony" northern thrush songs in the background of an early spring golf tournament― wood thrushes are usually not found in the middle of a crowded golf course!  For more examples of bird call blunders, click here.

Jim Ayers and Linda Cory have been avid birdwatchers since 1975.  They have each served as President of the Roanoke Valley Bird Club and have held positions on the board of the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO).  They have traveled widely in the US, Costa Rica, Honduras and the Bahamas to study birds.

 Jim is the author of "Birding in Honduras 1994", has taught classes in Beginning Birding, and was Field Trip Coordinator for over 12 years for the Roanoke Valley Bird Club.  He is a specialist in seasonal abundance of bird species of North America and mnemonic devices to identify bird songs.

Linda has a BS in Forestry from Virginia Tech and has studied Birding By Ear at the university level. She has lived in California and has traveled to study birds in Texas and Arizona.  She is a lifetime member of the VSO.