[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Jeff A. D.]

If you plug the rain bucket (or let the birds plug it) and keep it filled 
with water, you'll have a nice little bird bath which will add to their 
amusement park experience.  You might even consider filling the fins of the 
radiation shield with suet.

If you have any old non-working stations you might consider giving them to 
bird lovers. :)




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Re: [weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Graham Eddy]

i get kookaburras. anemometer arm is ideal height for waiting and pouncing on 
ground prey. they just spin the arm around when they take off

Graham Eddy

> On 6 Aug 2019, at 8:27 pm, Peter_F  wrote:
> 
> I've noticed an Australian Magpie on the wind vane of my Vantage Pro2 a few 
> times.  They seem to enjoy playing with the spinning cups below - stopping 
> them with their beaks and then letting them go again.
> 
> On Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 12:43:13 AM UTC+9:30, Jeff A. D. wrote:
> Sorry, you did say it was a Vantage Vue, so I guess a bird would be more 
> likely to land on the cups than they would a Vantage Pro station like mine.  
> My mistake.
> 
> Realizing how the Vue is set up gives me a better picture of what happened 
> and makes it even more amusing. :) 
> 
> On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:01:59 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote:
> I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as it's 
> the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move enough air 
> when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. 
> 
> 
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[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Peter_F]

I've noticed an Australian Magpie on the wind vane of my Vantage Pro2 a few 
times.  They seem to enjoy playing with the spinning cups below - stopping 
them with their beaks and then letting them go again.

On Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 12:43:13 AM UTC+9:30, Jeff A. D. wrote:
>
> Sorry, you did say it was a Vantage Vue, so I guess a bird would be more 
> likely to land on the cups than they would a Vantage Pro station like 
> mine.  My mistake.
>
> Realizing how the Vue is set up gives me a better picture of what happened 
> and makes it even more amusing. :) 
>
> On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:01:59 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote:
>>
>> I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as 
>> it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move 
>> enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. 
>>
>>
>>

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[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Jeff A. D.]

Sorry, you did say it was a Vantage Vue, so I guess a bird would be more 
likely to land on the cups than they would a Vantage Pro station like 
mine.  My mistake.

Realizing how the Vue is set up gives me a better picture of what happened 
and makes it even more amusing. :) 

On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:01:59 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote:
>
> I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as 
> it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move 
> enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. 
>
>
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Jeff A. D.]

I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as 
it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move 
enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. 

I did tape a couple of wire brads to the tail of the vane to act like bird 
spikes, I thought that might help keep droppings from blowing into the rain 
collector below the anemometer.  I think it helped, but I have seen birds 
land on the nose of the vane now. :)

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:18:48 PM UTC-6, Andrew Milner wrote:
>
> Birds love them!!  If they 'push off' to launch themselves you may even 
> get a gust recorded
>

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[weewx-user] Re: Amusing interference with wind speed

[Andrew Milner]

Birds love them!!  If they 'push off' to launch themselves you may even get 
a gust recorded



On Tuesday, 30 July 2019 04:50:44 UTC+3, Chris Richmond wrote:
>
> The other day my wife and I were enjoying the Oregon weather on the deck, 
> and happened to catch a
> small bird that landed on the Vantage Vue's anemometer.  He spun around 
> 3-4 times and flew off.  Too
> bad we didn't catch it on video.
>
> Chris
>
>

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