Hi All, I'm interested in improving my flight call recognition and I think the easiest way to do this will be to hear some of the sounds in real time and then check out the spectograms. I've used Raven and Audacity quite a bit, but where I'm lacking is a microphone.
I don't have the cash to drop on true NFC flower pot mic, but am looking for something reasonable to attach to my phone, which has done well with recording recently using an Edutige. However, the Edutige doesn't quite get the fidelity on the flight calls for them to be identifiable in the spectrogram. Can anyone suggest a slight improvement up in mic quality that will get me the ability to capture NFCs? I'm looking at the Audio-Technica ATR-6550 shotgun mic as possibly the cheapest way, but am not sure if it will work. Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks! Tom Auer Biologist, Important Bird Areas Program National Audubon Society eBird Hotspot Editor for Montana http://tomauer.com/blog/ -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
