Recording Tools
There are basically two different things you need to get started soundscaping: a recording device and software to view the recordings as a spectogram. Here are a few options.
Free"ish" Solutions
Recording Device:
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Use your cell phone and any recording app with a spectrogram viewer such as "Song Meter Touch" for Android or iPhone
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Optional: Direction cell phone microphone add-on: e.g. Rode
Audio Viewing and Editing Software :
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Raven Lite
$$ Solutions
Autonomous Recording Devices:
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Wildlife Acoustic's recorders (lithium version is highly recommended)
Mobile Recording Devices:
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Zoom H6 (with optional directional mic attachment)
Video Camera with Microphone
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Sennheiser MKE600 microphone
Outdoor Fixed Video Camera (many home options available but here are two I use)
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Reolink (Powered over Ethernet)
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Google Outdoor Nest Cam (WiFi, and allows limited battery operation)
Handheld Microphones (can be used with camera, mobile recorder for in the field)
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Sennheiser MKE600 directional microphone
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Soundshark parabolic microphone
Audio Viewing and Editing Software:
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Raven Pro
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Adobe Audition (allows you to watch video and spectrograms at the same time)
Software for finding specific sounds (e.g. bird species)
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BirdNET - requires intermediate computer skills, but also allows you to build your own classifier.
How to Embed Audio in to a Web Page
Once you have a recording, you can upload it to the Macaulay library of sounds via eBird and then embed the HTML iFrame in to any website. Unfortunately, the process only supports bird vocalizations at this time.