Does a Phone or Shotgun Mic Record Better Bird Audio?

Today I test out a few methods of recording birds with just my smartphone! Mic to Phone Adapter: https://amzn.to/43ceJ18 Shotgun Mic (New Version): https://amzn.to/4ocyr5c iPhone was the iPhone 15 but this should work with any smartphone! You just need an app that can record audio like Voice Memos. 📷 Checkout the Gear I Use: - https://www.hawkinthelens.com/my-gear I was curious on if a phone was a good enough device to get bird audio recordings. Then I wanted to directly test it against attaching a shotgun microphone directly to my phone to see if that improved the quality at all. I am hoping the results are usable, but we will see in the test! eBird Checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S276578040 🔗 Check out my other pages! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hawkinthelens/ Website: https://www.hawkinthelens.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HawkInTheLens/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkinthelens?lang=en Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hawkinthelens.bsky.social ✉️ For business inquiries reach out to hawkinthelens@gmail.com Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:48 Finding birds to record 2:27 Gear used and DJI mic test 3:51 Initial thoughts 5:23 Audio test and comparison 6:23 My overall thoughts on the recording methods 7:36 Conclusion