According to the study methods [1], data was taken from BirdWeather, which is crowdsourced from users running local BirdNET [2], including BirdNET-Pi and BirdNET-Go [3], which runs easily on most Raspberry Pi (including slowly on Zero 2 W). BirdNET has popped up a few times on HN [4].
The original study published in Science [1] has a better title:
Light pollution prolongs avian activity
> They found that birds were generally vocal for nearly an hour longer in the presence of light pollution. Furthermore, birds that are more exposed, or entrained, to light were more affected, such as those with large eyes and open nests.
The Gizmodo article takes a bit to get to the reference point, being light pollution (I originally mistakenly thought it was a relative to time).
(Submitted title was "Birds are singing an average of 50 minutes longer per day", which was already better than the baity title of the article - thanks gmays)
What is the impact of an increase of energy spend each day by this birds? They need more food, so they will eat more insects and grain.
I doubt that it is a negligible amount. It could easy affect the amount of birds that an ecosystem can host, and way more things down the line.
All these rapid changes can mess up the equilibrium in our ecosystems. Light pollution also affects insect behavior. If light pollution makes birds consume more insects and it also reduces the number of insects it is an accumulative problem.
I don't even need to go as far as the birds and the bees. The modern pervasive light pollution affects my behavior. My city's streets feel like a movie set these nights in a really uncanny unreal way.
LED lighting is too good, too cheap, makes it too easy to have way too much goddamn light in every corner of every street over every hour of every day. It feels like it's so machines can see better, not so I can see better.
Does it prolong activity, or enable prolonged activity? I’ve seen flocks of waterfowl fly along lit roads at night, taking sharp turns at intersections, seemingly navigating by the light patterns.
According to the study methods [1], data was taken from BirdWeather, which is crowdsourced from users running local BirdNET [2], including BirdNET-Pi and BirdNET-Go [3], which runs easily on most Raspberry Pi (including slowly on Zero 2 W). BirdNET has popped up a few times on HN [4].
[1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv9472
[2] https://birdnet.cornell.edu/
[3] https://github.com/Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi and https://github.com/tphakala/birdnet-go
[4] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
The original study published in Science [1] has a better title:
Light pollution prolongs avian activity
> They found that birds were generally vocal for nearly an hour longer in the presence of light pollution. Furthermore, birds that are more exposed, or entrained, to light were more affected, such as those with large eyes and open nests.
The Gizmodo article takes a bit to get to the reference point, being light pollution (I originally mistakenly thought it was a relative to time).
[1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv9472
Ok we can use that title above. Thanks!
(Submitted title was "Birds are singing an average of 50 minutes longer per day", which was already better than the baity title of the article - thanks gmays)
What is the impact of an increase of energy spend each day by this birds? They need more food, so they will eat more insects and grain.
I doubt that it is a negligible amount. It could easy affect the amount of birds that an ecosystem can host, and way more things down the line.
All these rapid changes can mess up the equilibrium in our ecosystems. Light pollution also affects insect behavior. If light pollution makes birds consume more insects and it also reduces the number of insects it is an accumulative problem.
- Light pollution is a driver of insect declines: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00063...
I don't even need to go as far as the birds and the bees. The modern pervasive light pollution affects my behavior. My city's streets feel like a movie set these nights in a really uncanny unreal way.
LED lighting is too good, too cheap, makes it too easy to have way too much goddamn light in every corner of every street over every hour of every day. It feels like it's so machines can see better, not so I can see better.
Does it prolong activity, or enable prolonged activity? I’ve seen flocks of waterfowl fly along lit roads at night, taking sharp turns at intersections, seemingly navigating by the light patterns.
Try to have a calm night near floodlights. They make the birds sing 24/7.
It also prolongs human activity.
I thought it was a good thing, it charged their batteries longer /s