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Birds sense speed limits on roads: study

To: Tony Russell <>
Subject: Birds sense speed limits on roads: study
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:55:39 +1000
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" <> wrote:

> Around here I reckon it's the cyclists who never get out of the way. Must
> admit they dent my car though.
> 
> T.
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> 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 <> 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 <> 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
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