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Pamela Wallace

What is the best brand/model of acoustic recorder for birds, frogs...

Art  Follow

Thanks Daniel, Aaron, Steven, Nevin and Oliver. This is all wonderfully informative.

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Chris Carter  Follow

Thank you all for your helpful advice, it's greatly appreciated!

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Barry Hall  Follow

Hi.
I'm using at the moment a TASCAM DR-05 sound recoder (mainly for birds, but also for frogs), and later I improve the recordings with the program Audacity.
Best regards, and good luck in your research.

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David Seidman  Follow

I believe the Wildlife Acoustics devices do have an option for being sound-activated (with varying thresholds). There are a variety of other devices for recording bats. For example, see here: http://www.batmanagement.com/Ordering/acoustic/acousticmain.html. However, I'm not aware of others that also record in the audible spectrum

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Daniel Silvers  Follow

Hi all

I'm new to the subject but it seems that omnidirectional recorders (for soundscapes) only work at predefined times. Okay, but I'm wondering if you can suggest an omnidirectional bird recorder that can also be turned on / off in the field with instant recording in case of need (for example in the case of a field operator recording outside).

Do you have any suggestions for devices that work both ways ?
Thank you

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Dinky Dao  Follow

The recent AudioMoth recorders (https://www.openacousticdevices.info/) is also an interesting option.

To my knowldege they are not sound activated, but they are extremely portable and affordable.

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Bob Lawson  Follow

The recent AudioMoth recorders (https://www.openacousticdevices.info/) is also an interesting option.

To my knowldege they are not sound activated, but they are extremely portable and affordable.

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Brenda Barlow  Follow
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Brighton Munezi  Follow

The SM4s are extremely user-friendly. I recommend those, however I only have experience using them for bats.

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Nate Wyatt  Follow

Hi, you can use the 4th generation Song Meter SM4 which is a compact, weatherproof, dual-channel acoustic recorder capable of capturing large amounts of data from wildlife such as birds, frogs and aquatic life.
Hope this link useful https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/

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Ali Abdulla  Follow

Hi Olli,
I would also have a look at the avisoft webpage - they also offer ultrasound equipment for bats, but specalize in birds. I would have a look at this one:
https://www.avisoft.com/usg/usg116h.htm

Best,
Michael

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