Ross Ahmed
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I've seen House Martin, Willow Tit and Yellow-browed Warbler attracted to speakers playing recordings of their own calls. What other species are attracted to tapes?
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What species are attracted to tapes (1 Viewer)
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lewis20126
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almost every species with a known song or call, which has any territorial or similar function! I can't think of many species which would not be, though I've never tried to tape in a Mute Swan or an Ostrich.
cheers, a
cheers, a
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
If you ever get attacked by a territorial Mute Swan, hiss back at it louder than it hisses at you, and it'll back off.
citrinella
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Well ... my ringing trainer uses audio lures, but we call them bird scarers !
Effectiveness, especially for catching is very mixed. In autumn he seems to switch his tape on when he is ready for a net full of meadow pipits, and switch it off when he has enough. We have also watched a mistle thrush sit on top of the mist net pole "swearing" at the tape lure for perhaps 15 minutes continuously.
Mike.
John Morgan
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I'm not sure if we should talk about specifics on this public forum. There are sound lures being traded commercially for so-called hunters in the ME, and videos are on line of huge numbers of passerines being trapped with mist nets in conjunction with powerful sound systems, which can almost literally suck migrants out of the early dawn sky. By publicly detailing species which respond to calls makes their 'job' even easier.
Grahame Walbridge
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John,
xeno-canto has recently taken action to restrict recordings of certain species that are susceptible to trapping or harassment.
http://www.xeno-canto.org/help/FAQ#restricted
http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Leiothrix-argentauris
Grahame
lewis20126
Well-known member
Of course it's not just "sports hunters" who use recording to attract target species, but also collectors looking to add to their museum collections, ref recent collection of Moustached Kingfisher in Guadalcanal.
cheers, alan
cheers, alan
jurek
Well-known member
To begin with:
DON'T tape-lupe birds in popular locations, like regularily visited national parks and trails, or rarities which will be bothered by many people over the course of several days
DON'T tape-lure birds more than once for few minutes max. If any photographer wants to make a photo-session with a bird and lures it for half an hour, shove his tripod into appropriate place of his body.
Then - tape luring works with most birds. Intensity depends from mood and time of the breeding season. I often get a response of a non-breeding bird. In this case what is enough for me is that the bird calls back or hops for a second to the top of a bush, so I know where it is.
It is common that the bird responds to tape, but observer fails to notice it. For example the bird sits and watches with interest behind and above the birder.
The photo below is from a national park in Thailand very liked by Chinese photographers.
DON'T tape-lupe birds in popular locations, like regularily visited national parks and trails, or rarities which will be bothered by many people over the course of several days
DON'T tape-lure birds more than once for few minutes max. If any photographer wants to make a photo-session with a bird and lures it for half an hour, shove his tripod into appropriate place of his body.
Then - tape luring works with most birds. Intensity depends from mood and time of the breeding season. I often get a response of a non-breeding bird. In this case what is enough for me is that the bird calls back or hops for a second to the top of a bush, so I know where it is.
It is common that the bird responds to tape, but observer fails to notice it. For example the bird sits and watches with interest behind and above the birder.
The photo below is from a national park in Thailand very liked by Chinese photographers.
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