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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1167356" data-attributes="member: 60675">I agree.  But it does not mention what I had noted in my original post: that there are some CDs that do a lot of the work for you of assembling recordings of songs where the name is given after the song is heard .  You do not have to go through the time-consuming process of creating your own recordings through iTunes.In the U.S. and Canada, for example, Thayer Birding Software's Guide to the Birds of North America has a facility for creating custom bird song quizzes.  And "Birding by Ear" CDs, in the Peterson Field guide series, have a series of tutorials grouping songs in various ways to aid memorization.  I am not sure if there are similar CDs to help learning European bird songs, but I would think there must be something.I am also skeptical of the claim in the article that everyone has similar memory abilities.  I agree there are lots of things you can do to help and improve memorization, but I think there are inherent differences among individuals.  Moreover, I believe memorizing birdsongs is a lot different from memorizing facts and figures.  When memorizing birdsongs, you have to remember qualities rather than straightforward facts.  Kind of like the difference between digital and analog.Best,Jim</blockquote>