Go for it, Mary. I have used various micro-recorders for many years. Most recently I'm using the tiny Olympus digital voice recorder WS-100. I paid about $100.00 a couple years ago. I'm really surprised by the quality of sounds I record simply by holding the recorder in the air and using the internal microphone. There are many high-tech choices out there and others have reviewed them in Ohio Birds forum. Have a look there for more choices. Tom Bain The Glaciated Allegheny Plateau Ross County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]