Deaf-blind, amateur sound recordist and recent university graduate, living in New York metro area and also spending time near Washington, D.C.

I focus on identifying only audio / sound observations of the following taxa. I make no claim to be an expert, and my blindness renders me unable to read sonograms. All apply to eastern North America; all other areas listed below should be understood as an addition to this:

• Birds (Aves): North America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, with limited knowledge of some species outside these areas;
• Crickets and katydids (order Orthoptera, suborder Ensifera): stronger on crickets with a few western species,and only some Florida species of both);
• Cicadas (Cicadidae), primarily those in the genera Magicicada, Megatibicen, Neocicada and Neotibicen with limited knowledge of others.
• Frogs and toads (Anura): with a few western, Caribbean and European species each;
• Most commonly heard land mammals except bats (Chiroptera)