BIRDS, BEASTS & BOMBS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1941, Page 6

BIRDS, BEASTS & BOMBS

OBSERVATIONS IN BRITAIN The reactions of bird.- and b< .nts to ( t!i>- dm <>f aerial warfare over Bti’.im is discussed by a contributor to ‘The • Timi" 'As regards wild birds." he• says, "[here is a good deal of evidence 1 •.hat many of the Truer kinds are dwj turhed by the sound of bomb'; > r antiaireraß sire With song-bird'. h..w- | ••y,.|- 1 the chief reaction Seems ’. I lie, I t<> ;urcr.ifi Thc-e ar' - treated as if ; i thee we:,- hawks the birds :-eatt' rnu; ! downward anil crouching to avoid} | detection. There are two curious j n-ptiuiis to th;', neither robins nor .:■ . i member of the -wallow tribo have b> er j n-n t . j ;:y the rh;:hi» •-1 .dtrnt. . ’. > J aircraft 'Pile stories of gtilN r., ; ■.O.nunr. T the approach of tile . ■: • i craft ..re pre* uninblv bused on the em’.c ’ i ! hi”, r keen tt sve ; • i r«ih.:b!v <*:i*'?* <!»*tec* th<* ■■* 3;: h'lafe.' a little before they ~:c audible la- •.;• .hl.- to lmm.-n D ■lie uwinab, v.wv mdl vidii.dly TriA | dogs have wh: tn .O be Cldled A R P ■ I ’ efise, i.’id d’.-tSlicin’ h perfectr. be. | tween the ;d< ;' and the ail . h w T. ' .'lids One <’. t i: • beec !ej ■ St ■ ‘lm; ■■ . ■ ' ' dert she >■'■ ‘ ■ o'o ’ ■ ’ ' ■ : ’ ' tcr.’i’-’c bi-twee’, tec •. •<•;■ w ... .. ~ f . , ; f t;! ri (I. ceil . ' <■ •• ■■■■■:. "