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ROOSTING [10 records]

Record 1 2025-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Birds
CONT

Leading up to fall migration, a number of bird species are known to gather at large communal roosting sites, which are often detected by NWS [National Weather Service] Doppler radar. The unique doughnut pattern, known as a "roost ring, "is the result of birds departing their roosting site in all directions, roughly in equal densities. As they travel further from their roosting site and reach higher altitudes, they are detected by radar until they either rise above or drop below the radar beam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Comportement animal
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Motif en forme d'anneau apparaissant sur les images de radars météorologiques causé par l'envol d'oiseaux à partir de leur site de repos dans toutes les directions de manière simultanée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
CONT

Other bird-frightening devices include chemicals and a great variety of whirling novelties and flashing lights, as well as innovative techniques, for example, smoke, water sprays, devices to shake roosting vegetation, tethered balloons, and hawk silhouettes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Objet placé […] au milieu des semis ou dans les arbres […] et destiné à éloigner les oiseaux.

CONT

Les affolants peuvent être des bandes de papier d'aluminium fixées sur des baguettes de bois et fichées en terre ou des têtes de chat découpées dans du papier métallique argent ou or et suspendues par une ficelle aux branches d'un arbre. On utilise du papier métallique ou aluminium parce que les rayons du soleil sont réfléchis et éblouissent les intrus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Protección de las plantas
  • Cuidado de los cultivos (Agricultura)
CONT

[La empresa] diseña y fabrica dispositivos antiaves para evitar el posado de palomas, gaviotas, estorninos, tórtolas, en explotaciones agrícolas, instalaciones industriales, edificios, instalaciones portuarias, aeroportuarias, etc.

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Record 3 2018-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Protection of Farm Animals
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

The horizontal axis of each matrix lists five main categories of habitat use : breeding, nesting, reproduction[;] feeding, foraging[;] cover, resting, roosting, basking, and loafing[;] wintering[;] staging(for birds only). Each separate use of a habitat type by a species was recorded as one habitat use unit(i. e., the habitat use unit is not the number of species using a habitat, but the number of individual ways in which the habitat is used. For example Mallard feeding, Mallard nesting, and Mallard loafing in one habitat type would equal three habitat use units).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
  • Comportement animal
OBS

unité d'utilisation de l'habitat : désignation approuvée par le Comité de terminologie d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Elements
  • Air Transport
CONT

An anti-bird roosting device for protecting an area, comprising at least a pair of cooperating base elements mounted on the area to be protected, and a plurality of projecting spikes, supported on the base elements and projecting away therefrom into a space above the area to be protected. The spikes are provided in a pattern of interspersed combinations of vertical, obtuse and acute angle-forming projections, in a high spike density that prevents roosting in the protected space. Thus, each point in the area to be protected is defended by more than one spike, each spike coming from a different direction, so as to cross-defend each other, creating a perimeter envelope defense of the air volume surrounding the base elements. Each device is easily and inexpensively prepared as a continuous mesh, whose dimensions can be constructed in standard sizes or in accordance with the needs of the user. The element diameter is typically approximately two millimeters. The small element diameter makes the entire device hard to see from a distance so that it does not detract from the building's aesthetics.

CONT

Porcupine wire, typically marketed as Nixalite, prevents birds from perching and roosting on flat surfaces such as ledges and signs.... Nixalite is a system of stainless steel strips that feature needle-like wire prongs. The prongs project from a 0. 5 centimetre base and come in two lengths-5 and 9. 5 centimetres. Strips are available in either single(90°) or double(180°) radius.

Key term(s)
  • antibird roosting device
  • anti bird roosting device
  • antibird roosting spikes
  • anti bird roosting spikes
  • antibird roosting system
  • anti bird roosting system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments du bâtiment
  • Transport aérien
CONT

Les bandes hérisson, habituellement vendues sous le nom de Nixalite, empêchent les oiseaux de se percher et d'aller dormir sur des surfaces plates comme les rebords des bâtiments et le dessus des panneaux. [...] Le Nixalite consiste en bandes d'acier inoxydable hérissées de piquants qui ressemblent à des aiguilles. Les piquants, qui font 0,5 centimètre à la base, sont fabriqués en deux longueurs : 5 et 9,5 centimètres. Les bandes sont offertes à rayon simple (90°) ou double (180°).

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Interestingly, their roosting holes are smaller than their nesting holes, with less free space between the bird and the walls of the cavity, which may help reduce heat loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Comportement animal
CONT

Fait intéressant, les cavités de repos sont plus petites que les cavités de nidification.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Buildings
  • Poultry Production
OBS

A roosting shelter for turkeys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions rurales
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

grande dindonnière solarium pour l'élevage au sol d'importantes bandes de dindons, les uns, appartenant à des lignées sélectionnées, constituent de futurs reproducteurs, les autres sont les éléments des troupeaux destinés à l'élevage libre de dindes et de dindons de consommation

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

The roosting and foraging areas of the Wahlberg's epauletted bat(Epomophorus wahlbergi, Pteropodidae) in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
OBS

Par analogie à Epomophore de Gamble.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Roosting monarchs resemble dead leaves.

OBS

Roost: to sit or rest on a roost ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
OBS

Le rythme d'activité des papillons est des plus variables selon qu'ils sont diurnes, crépusculaires ou nocturnes; leur attitude au repos est d'ailleurs caractéristique (...) Certains papillons présentent une curieuse ressemblance avec les objets sur lesquels ils se posent (homotypie) (...) comme le Gastropacha quercifolia qui a l'aspect d'une feuille morte et se voit difficilement sur les troncs d'arbres.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Housing Facilities
  • Poultry Production
OBS

In a poultry house, a roosting pole or bar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logement des animaux d'élevage
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

Endroit où perchent les volailles.

Spanish

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Record 10 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
OBS

(...) the pace where the swarm settles is called the roosting site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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