bartidge

Yes - I was toying with the idea of using a directional shotgun style mic, but now am starting to think that a decent uni-directional centered within some type of parabola or dish might be the ticket... I'm just not sure what mic would work best... I see that some mic's include batteries in them that actually powers the microphone so you can plug directly into the recorder... and other mics use phantom power (which I think means you need some sort of pre-amplifier between the mic and the recorder to power the mic and amplify the wave.... Does this sound right?

Hi- I just recently bought a used Sony MZ-R700 MD recorder. I'd like to use it for recording wildlife sounds/birds/etc. outdoors... Can anyone recommend a good microphone for this that is economical? I read a thread where the Visivox binaural mic w/ pre-amp was recommended, but then read another thread where that's not a good choice because the MZ-R700 doesn't have 'low frequency sensitivity' or something... Anyways, I'm a newbie and would appreciate any advice. Thx. -bartidge