Hi, all -
The following RFI was sent to us from the BBC in the UK. Does anybody have
any comments?
>I was wondering if you have any information on animals being aware of an
impending disaster eg the Sydney fires, before the event happened and
certainly before humans had cause for concern. I have a friend here who
knows someone in NSW who says there was no Dawn Chorus the day before the
fires started. I wondered if you know of :-
>
>a) Naturalists working the field who noticed this?
>b) Scientists studying this behaviour?
>
>I would be graeteful if you could contact me Best wishes
>
>Sandra Sykes
>The BBC Natural History Unit
>e-mail
>Tel : 00 44 974 6678
>Fax: 00 44 923 8174
Cheers, Hugo.
Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677.
O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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Web Homepage: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus
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