Birds sense speed limits on roads: study

When you hit them or when they take to you car with a bent bicycle? Carl Clifford On 23/08/2013, at 11:08, “Tony Russell” <pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > =============================== =============================== 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 ===============================