The Song Meter Micro Revisited
A good, inexpensive, static recorder for recording Winter wildlife.
So, in addition to taking this Winter/down time to analyse all the bat recordings we've accumulated, what else are we doing?
Well, if you're like me, you also don't want to miss any neat wildlife sounds still occurring during the cold weather; but how?
Unattended sound recorders like The Micro, are a big help in such situations. Primarily, because of their customizable features.
First we must consider a couple of factors... Such as where you live, and whether or not you have access to areas where wildlife vocalize. As for urban wildlife sound hobbyists - I have not forgotten you! Nor, have I forgotten how difficult it can be, to capture clean recordings of animal sounds. It's not easy while living in/or close to a city - but it certainly can be done!
In my particular situation, at the start of this Winter, I've had occasions when I could hear coyotes (and sometimes foxes) vocalizing at night. By my estimation, I would say their location was at least 100 meters away.
I immediately started thinking: how am I going to capture these sounds? I'll run down the thought processes I went through:
- Get a shotgun microphone?
- An inexpensive (affordable) field recorder using it's built-in (X-Y) microphones?
- Maybe a good field recorder with a shotgun?
- Possibly a good-quality trail cam?
- The Micro allows a wide range of recording schedules/flexibility.
- Wildlife Acoustics has excellent Customer Service & online resources available.
- Wildlife Acoustics provides a handful of silica gel packs with the unit.
The next review (coming soon) will be of the recently released book 'A Miscellany Of Bats'
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