In response to Laura’s question about making “emergency” recordings in the
field. You can always try making a video, either from your iPhone or with a
regular camera. I’ve also loaded and effectively used the iPhone app: Ferrite
Recording Studio. Initial use is free, and I’ve effectively used it several
times to get faint, but clear, recordings for documentation (like hearing a
Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling at the same time). I bought one
of those plug-in microphones, but I never seem to have it with me, so what’s
the point?
Ed LeGrand
Cumberland Co., TN
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Pine Siskins and a sound question
Sorry for the slow follow up. It’s not a toad, either, although I hear and see
Americans in my yard.
I’m not hearing the mystery voice this week, so it may have to remain a
mystery. I tried to get a recording on my phone, but of course the Voice Memo
is optimized for picking up human voices at close range, so I couldn’t pick up
anything.
Which brings me to another question—does anyone have an app or strategy for
recording bird sound on an iPhone? I’m not looking for archival quality, just a
way that I could capture a sound on the fly and play it back to identify it
later. There’s got to be something out there!
For now, I’m going to chalk up my mystery bird to a possible Screech-owl. It’s
the closes thing I can come up with, but I’m not sure it fits.
Thanks for the suggestion—and I’d still welcome other ideas!
Best,
Laura McCall
Tullahoma, TN
