Dan drough
Well-known member
If like me you are limited in retaining bird calls try using a small digital sound recorder in the field which can help at times. I use a small £60 Olympus which I am looking to upgrade on. I also find it impossible to interpret literal descriptions of bird calls like vrrrtCH !
Does anyone know of a machine (pocket sized) where recordable calls / songs are downloadable to a PC and perhaps with better quality recording / directional abilities without parabola etc ten kilos of equipment (pocket sized).
I have never seen reviews of such equipment in any Birding mag.
I can do Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Whitethroat, Blackbird, Sedge Warbler & Reed Warbler but I like to record if poss and compare to CDs when I get home. I also find my own recordings lead me to remember calls much better in the future.
I found the recorder especially useful in Nigeria eg for Tinkerbirds, flufftails, various cuckoos and honeyguides etc.
Chhhhhhhhhhh Vt Vt TcK Tch
Does anyone know of a machine (pocket sized) where recordable calls / songs are downloadable to a PC and perhaps with better quality recording / directional abilities without parabola etc ten kilos of equipment (pocket sized).
I have never seen reviews of such equipment in any Birding mag.
I can do Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Whitethroat, Blackbird, Sedge Warbler & Reed Warbler but I like to record if poss and compare to CDs when I get home. I also find my own recordings lead me to remember calls much better in the future.
I found the recorder especially useful in Nigeria eg for Tinkerbirds, flufftails, various cuckoos and honeyguides etc.
Chhhhhhhhhhh Vt Vt TcK Tch