Ernie Franzgrote, you wrote:
>Dear Sirs:
>
>I've been videotaping hummingbirds in the neotropics since 1990. I
>had a Sony 13-inch parabolic reflector that was useful for recording
>vocalizations but it was stolen in Peru several years ago.
>
>The Sony was large enough to record the high-frequency voices of
>hummingbirds and small enough to fit in a suitcase. Most parabolic
>reflectors that I've seen advertised are too large and too expensive
>for my purposes. I believe the Sony cost a little over $100 at the
>time.
>
>Could anyone in the Nature Sounds Society help me find a small
>parabola? A used Sony would work well for me. A folding reflector
>could also do the job, if cheap enough.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>Ernest Franzgrote,
>Shoreham, Vermont
>
>email:
Dear Ernie, I'm forwarding your inquiry to the NSS announce list and
the nature recordists list. I hope someone can help you.
There are some "Orbitor Binocular Listening Devices" for sale on
eBay; it's a tiny dish, I have no idea of the audio quality.
-Dan Dugan
Answerbird
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