Hi Felicia,
Welcome to the group.
You wrote,
> Should I be using a less directional mic mounted near the feeders?
Yes, that's one way.
You can search the archives for a related thread last January.
Back then, in message 21080 I wrote:
> Here's another hummingbird example, though I'm not sure what species
> it is.
> Recorded in Larkspur Colorado with a Sony ECM-MS907 (which is
> considered a poor microphone for quiet nature recording) rubber-banded
> to a branch near a hummingbird feeder. Similar to Rich's example,
> these ones are also playing basketball =96 listen for the nice passes
> followed by a slam dunk at the end.
>
> http://www.rockscallop.org/ear/jh-030713-hummingbird.mp3
The URL is still good.
-John Hartog
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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