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Record 1 2008-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Birds
CONT

Distress calls is the term commonly used to describe the sounds emitted by a bird under different conditions of stress. They have also been called warning calls, agony calls, etc. .... The bird should be persuaded to give a distress call which is recorded on magnetic tape. When it is required to drive away birds of that species, the call is played back through a loudspeaker. Provided that the call is the correct one and it is played back over suitable equipment, good results can be obtained in dispersing birds by this method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Oiseaux
CONT

On désigne couramment par cris de détresse les sons qu'un oiseau émet sous l'effet de tensions diverses. On les appelle aussi cris d'avertissement, cris d'agonie et par d'autres noms. [...] Il s'agit de forcer un oiseau à émettre un cri de détresse que l'on enregistre sur bande magnétique; lorsqu'il est nécessaire de chasser des oiseaux de la même espèce, on diffuse l'enregistrement par haut-parleur. S'il s'agit bien d'un cri de détresse et si ce cri est rediffusé au moyen d'un équipement approprié, cette méthode de mise en fuite des oiseaux est efficace.

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