I can't comment on how our feathered birds are reacting apart from being
sioent, but the quiet here in Brisbane indicates that our metal birds may be
grounded.
For those of you not in the dust-affected area, at noon today visibility was
down to about half a km. Dust must be thinning a bit now: at 3 PM I can see
the nearer part of Balmoral Heights from my Hawthorne residence - probably
all of a km and a half!
Syd
> From: Nathan Ruser <>
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:54:06 +1000
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] How the Dust Storm effects bird?
>
> Hey Everyone, I was wondering how the recent dust storm has been effecting
> the local birds. I have seen some birds flying almost sideways, but I was
> wondering if the winds & the Dust has had any added effects to the Birds,
> Eg, the dust geting into the birds lungs effecting their health?
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