Fireworks on New Year's Eve send birds into a 'panicked state,' scientists discover
Researchers in the Netherlands found 1,000 times as many birds were in the sky after New Year's Eve fireworks compared to other nights.
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Researchers in the Netherlands found 1,000 times as many birds were in the sky after New Year's Eve fireworks compared to other nights.
Fireworks on New Year's Eve impact birds up to 10 km away that make them lose precious energy based on recent analysis. Continue reading to learn more.
Weather radars and bird censuses show some species and communities of birds are more disturbed by fireworks on New Year’s Eve, sometimes over large distances from the event.
Birds are affected by the mass use of fireworks on New Year's Eve up to a distance of 10 km away. With data from weather radars and bird counts an int....
<p>Birds are affected by the mass use of fireworks on New Year's Eve up to a distance of 10 km away. With data from weather radars and bird counts an international team of researchers revealed how many birds take off immediately after the start of the fireworks, at what distance from fireworks this occurs and which species groups mainly react. ‘We already knew that many water birds react strongly, but now we also see the effect on other birds throughout the Netherlands’, says ecologist Bart Hoekstra of the University of Amsterdam. In the scientific journal Fro...