robby thai
Well-known member
This may have been covered before I havent looked through all the pages.
I know from experience that prey animals in particular have a well developed sense of smell used to detect danger. Many times i have been watching deer or other mammals and felt a waft of breeze on my neck and seen heads shoot up obviously smelling me.
But what about birds ? I know they have fantastic sight and if they couldnt hear they wouldnt call.
What I am thinking is just how much is my smell going to put off birds approaching when for instance I am sitting in a hide and indeed is there any smell I could use that would attract rather than repel birds ?
I started looking and found this :
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2014/birds-can-smell-and-one-scientist
So birds can smell some better than others and some at least use smell when feeding but that doesnt answer my question of how much if any would the smell of my sweaty body effect my chances of seeing that bird of a lifetime.
I know from experience that prey animals in particular have a well developed sense of smell used to detect danger. Many times i have been watching deer or other mammals and felt a waft of breeze on my neck and seen heads shoot up obviously smelling me.
But what about birds ? I know they have fantastic sight and if they couldnt hear they wouldnt call.
What I am thinking is just how much is my smell going to put off birds approaching when for instance I am sitting in a hide and indeed is there any smell I could use that would attract rather than repel birds ?
I started looking and found this :
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2014/birds-can-smell-and-one-scientist
So birds can smell some better than others and some at least use smell when feeding but that doesnt answer my question of how much if any would the smell of my sweaty body effect my chances of seeing that bird of a lifetime.
