Immediately after the earthquake hit, I ran outside and it was kind of
eerie. Not a single bird in sight and no squirrels on my deck. It took about
20 mins for them to start coming back to the feeders.. except for the
hummingbirds. They were at the feeders when I went out. I have to think
their feeders were swinging at the time of the earthquake with them tanking
up without a care.
My dogs were scrabbling to get to me in the house and were pawing at my
legs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Ealding" <wealding@xxxxxxx>
To: <brnpelican@xxxxxxxxx>; <deapesh@xxxxxxxxx>; <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Earthquake's effect on feeder birds - nothing
Although I was totally unaware of the earthquake while in the car driving back from birding in Southside Virginia, my husband was here at our house in Powhatan, which is 27 miles SE of the epicenter. I asked him if our two house rabbits were acting strange and he didn't notice anything, he said he was too scared to pay attention to them!
Wendy Ealding
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Baron <brnpelican@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Deapesh Misra <deapesh@xxxxxxxxx>; Virginia Birding <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Earthquake's effect on feeder birds - nothing
Interesting observation, Deapesh. I was wondering if the animals behaved
ifferently before the earthquake.
remember that after the tsunami in South Asia it was reported that animals in
ities didn't seem to behave any differently - possibly because of too much
oise pollution. But in rural areas it was reported that wild animals moved
oward higher ground and domestic animals were distressed.
t would be interesting if Virginia birders noted different behavior from their
omestic animals and/or wild animals before/during the earthquake.
cott Baron
ienna, Va.
From: Deapesh Misra <deapesh@xxxxxxxxx>
o: "va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:06 PM
ubject: [Va-bird] Earthquake's effect on feeder birds - nothing
Hi,
Very surprisingly, to us at least, my wife reported that during the earthquake,
he birds at our feeder in Fairfax city went about their business (napping,
ating etc.) completely unperturbed. So, no unusual activity at all.
The reason I am reporting this to the listserv is because I am aware that some
esearchers are always interested in finding a correlation (or the absence of
orrelation) between animal behavior and incidents such as earthquakes.
cheers,
eapesh
airfax, VA.
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