Passerines on roads – Look out!

Photo Arne Ader
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Passerines on road
 
In the last few days passerine flocks have been seen on the roads – bullfinches, sparrows. Car drivers, please be careful!  In the cold the birds are clumsy and don’t react to dangers with the speed that we are used to. When you notice such a bird flock it is helpful to the pressure on the accelerator for a moment.
 
In frosty weather the temperature of bare asphalt, if there is even a little sun, is some few degrees less cold than the snow surface, particularly if there is a little wind shelter too. The birds have nothing edible to look for on the roads, just a little relief from the biting frost.
 
In such weather bird life is not all “milk and honey”. Although a little less cold was forecast for this week life is made worse by the wind and its accompanying wind chill and blowing snow.


 

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