Birds on repeat: Do birdwatchers playbacks hurt fowl?
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Using the emphatic sounds of two bird species in Ecuador, a researcher has -- for the first time in peer-reviewed research -- examined the effects of birdwatchers' "playbacks" in the wild. He shows that playbacks do have potentially negative consequences, especially in terms of birds' energies.