Lots of overflight information, Vicky. Not only the recent study we
did for the National Park Service in conjunction with the Michigan
State University Envirosonics Lab (and that can be found on our web
site under "Research"), but also papers by Hanson, Miller, Miller,
and Hanson (HMM&H) and Wyle, who have been doing overflight studies
for the NPS for the past dozen or so years and who have wonderful
data on the subject. You might also want to contact Bill Schmidt of
the NPS, who was instrumental in setting some of those programs into
motion He'll be a wonderful resource for you.
Essentially, it ain't a good idea for either man nor beast.
Bernie Krause
>All,
>
>Capertee Valley in New South Wales, Australia (where I live!) is being
>considered for a proposal as an Important Bird Area on the register of
>Birdlife International. The register of IBAs are considered to be the most
>important bird areas globally and usually contain one or more globally
>threatened species.
>
>The other thing that is happening in our very peaceful, birdsong-filled
>Capertee Valley is a proposal to run helicopter joy flights over the valle=
y,
>one flight every half hour, 7 days a week, 7 am to 7 pm. We have 4 weeks =
to
>write our submissions against this proposal.
>
>Our local environmental group is fighting the proposal tooth and claw!
>
>We are looking for scientific papers relating to man-made noise and its
>effect on birds, birdsong, and wildlife in general. We hear there is one
>study in Europe where noise from a freeway interfered with bird song which
>in turn resulted in the abandonment of an area within the noise corridor a=
s
>breeding habitat.
>
>Does anyone have a reference for this paper? Or anything similar?
>
>many thanks,
>
>Vicki Powys
>Capertee Valley NSW
>AUSTRALIA.
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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