Around here I reckon it’s the cyclists who never get out of the way. Must admit they dent my car though. T. —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of John Leonard Sent: Friday, 23 August 2013 10:14 AM To: Birding-aus Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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 =============================== =============================== 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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