A bird song gadget - what did I see please? (1 Viewer)

[West End Birder]

About 7 years ago I was birdwatching at a well known reserve in a well known county when someone thought they heard / saw a Grasshopper Warbler. A bloke standing next to me whipped out what (from memory) looked a little bit like a large mobile phone in a wallet, produced a stylus, tapped on an icon of Grasshopper Warbler and lo and behold it played the song and the bird actually flew towards us - I am sure this is all bad fieldcraft and illegal, but I am curious to know what the gadget was that the bloke had, any ideas please? Thanks.

 

[Mark Lew1s]

A tablet?

 

[jurek]

!? Most tablets with an uploaded app like 'Collins bird guide' would fit the description.

Most smartphones with a downloaded public collection of bird sounds or a bird app like Collins app would do the same, minus needing a stylus, plus being lighter and more hardy.

 

[Mono]

I do seem to recall a device on sale that was a bird guide with a built in audio player. Something similar to this

Bird Songs

Bird Songs profiles 250 North American birds in words, pictures, and song.

blackwells.co.uk

When I was looking I found a very weird product

Martley Electronics - PestGo2

We've have taken over the design and manufacture of the Pest-Off range of ultrasonic devices from Martley Electronics

www.martleyelectronics.co.uk

A waterproof device that can play recorded bird song into your garden for ambience!

 

[West End Birder]

Thanks for the replies. Perhaps my memory is fading and it was only a smartphone but I am pretty sure it wasn't because I remember being curious about it and wondering where it came from as I would have thought I would have seen it somewhere. I am 90% sure he used a stylus to open up the sound.

 

[West End Birder]

Probably won't help but it was at Holme

 

[Mono]

This?

BirdVoice Pack - BirdGuides

David Callahan tests the new BirdMIKE upgrade.

www.birdguides.com

 

[West End Birder]

I think you're right, thank you very much