Ted that is a really nice article. I do think you missed a cheap option. Namely a $60 digital recorder with a $50 microphone and a "dish". I would bet this out performs a handheld recorder with the amplification.
During spring migration I will walk around with this setup and earphones and I pickup more than I do by ear alone. For night flight I leave this outside without worry of the microphone getting wet (I put the recorder in a plastic bag). All for not much more than a 100 bucks. https://m.soundcloud.com/user3781125/pileated1 Sincerely, Andrew Albright On Friday, July 11, 2014, Ted Floyd <tfl...@aba.org> wrote: > Hi, everybody. > > I recently posted an online review of various microphones for recording > bird vocalizations. Flight calls per se aren't really my focus in the > review, but several of the microphones I discuss (especially the > directional, shotgun-style Olympus LS-10) are fine for flight calls--as > long as you're actually out there with the recorder. > > Here goes: > > http://blog.aba.org/2014/07/how-to-record-birdsong-1.html > > Ted Floyd > > Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado, USA > -- > *NFC-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_WELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC_RULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --
