Birds sense speed limits on roads: study

Magpies in our area seem to have a complete contempt for cyclists and never get out of the way, it’s always the cyclists who have to cycle round them. John Leonard On 23 August 2013 10:34, Sonja Ross <sonja.ross7@gmail.com> wrote: > It’s an interesting idea. Maybe some species are better at it than others > too with some, like galahs, featuring more as road kill, than others, like > ravens, which are much less common despite both feeding on roadsides. > > > On 23/08/2013, at 6:31 AM, Peter Shute <pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote: > > > According to this article from today’s Age, birds on roads react to > according to the average traffic speed rather than actual vehicle speeds, > and therefore “strictly enforcing speed limits could reduce bird > collisions.” > > > > http://www.theage.com.au/drive/-2sceq.html > > > > Peter Shute > > > > Sent from my iPad > > =============================== > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > > send the message: > > unsubscribe > > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > > > http://birding-aus.org > > =============================== > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > — John Leonard Canberra Australia www.jleonard.net I want to be with the 9,999 other things. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================

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