At 08:01 AM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
>I'm looking for suggestions on a mic I can permanently mount outside my
>house to monitor bird sounds from indoors.
>I currently have a device called a Bird Bug that I purchased several years
>ago. It consists of a fairly inexpensive parabolic mic, 50 feet of coaxia=
l
>cable, and a amplifier speaker box. After having it outside for several
>years, it has deteriorated and no longer works well. I cannot find the
>company from which I purchased it; evidently they have gone out of busines=
s.
>
>I'm not looking for extremely high quality equipment, as there is too much
>noise around where I live for high quality recordings. I just want
>something that works reasonably well.
>
>I'm aware of two devices currently on the market, the Mother Nature's
>Monitor and the Nature's Window. From what I've read, the first one sound=
s
>a little too "low quality". I read one article about Nature's Window that
>said it's excellent. Have any of you tried it?
>
>Any thoughts?
>Any suggestions?
I've had a Telinga EM-23 omni outside my office for 4 years now - rain &
shine. Great fidelity and outstanding durability. I'd rather have an omni
out there than a parabolic.
Doug
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