About the author
John has had a lifelong interest in birds . He began serious feild recording of bird song in British Columbia Canada in 1993. His audio productions include:
Birds of the Kootenays 1994
Bird Songs of the Creston Valley 1995
Bird Songs of the Okanagan 1996
Songs and Sounds of the Canadian Rockies 1997
Bird Songs of Canada's West Coast 1999
Bird Songs of the Great Lakes 2002
Beginners Guide to BC Bird Song 2003
Bird Song-Western Boreal Forest 2004
Bird Songs of the Arctic-Along the Dempster Highway 2005
Bird Songs of the Scottish Highlands & Islands 2CD 2006
Beginners Guide to Bird Song of North America 3CD
by Mel Coulson and John Neville 2007
Loon Lake Ambient Series download 2008
Bird Songs of the North American Prairie 2CD 2008
Wild New Zealand Ambient Series download 2009
Bird Songs of the Central Boreal Forest-Ontario and
Manitoba including Churchill 2CD 2010
As an active birder and naturalist, John has lectured ,made presentations , written articles and appeared on radio and television . Some of his nature recordings have been used on the Nature of Things, Parks Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service and National Film Board Documentaries. He is presently President of BC Nature. John and his wife have two grown daughters and live on Salt Spring Island British Columbia.