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Saw this amazing video on Global News last night of barn swallows
activating motion sensors to open doors at the University of
Victoria. Here's the story from CBC (and the video link)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs6n4XKApqc
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Nesting swallows at the University of Victoria are an online
sensation after a YouTube video showing them operating motion sensor
doors to a new campus bike centre went viral.
The barn swallows have built about eight to 10 nests inside the bike
centre, which opened in November as part of an underground parkade.
Because the parkade has been a nesting site for swallows for years,
the bike centre was built with motion sensor doors to keep the
swallows out.
But the swallows didn't swallow that plan.
Grant Hughes, who uploaded the video, says he noticed the swallows
opening the doors earlier this month when he was locking up his bike.
He heard the doors open, looked to see who was coming in, but no one
was there. A few minutes later, he heard the doors open again but
again nobody was there.
That's when he realized the swallows were opening and closing the
doors so he whipped out his camera and recorded the same incident at
least five or six different times. Hughes thinks the birds may have
been locked in when the doors were added during construction of the
new centre.
See it for yourself and judge whether the swallows have figured out
how to use the sensors. The swallows can be seen swooping in front of
the door sensors, and entering and exiting at will, with not an angry
bird in sight.
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Phil
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Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
902-460-8343 (cell)
philschappert.com
imaginaturestudio.ca
philschappert.ca
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."
(Michael Hedges)
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<div><font face="Calibri">Saw this amazing video on Global News last
night of barn swallows activating motion sensors to open doors at the
University of Victoria. Here's the story from CBC (and the video
link)...</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div>
<div><font
face="Calibri">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs6n4XKApqc</font></div
>
<div><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Nesting swallows at the University of
Victoria are an online sensation after a YouTube video showing them
operating motion sensor doors to a new campus bike centre went
viral.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">The barn swallows have built about eight to
10 nests inside the bike centre, which opened in November as part of
an underground parkade. Because the parkade has been a nesting site
for swallows for years, the bike centre was built with motion sensor
doors to keep the swallows out.<br>
<br>
But the swallows didn't swallow that plan.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Grant Hughes, who uploaded the video, says
he noticed the swallows opening the doors earlier this month when he
was locking up his bike. He heard the doors open, looked to see who
was coming in, but no one was there. A few minutes later, he heard the
doors open again but again nobody was there.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">That's when he realized the swallows were
opening and closing the doors so he whipped out his camera and
recorded the same incident at least five or six different times.
Hughes thinks the birds may have been locked in when the doors were
added during construction of the new centre.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri"></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">See it for yourself and judge whether the
swallows have figured out how to use the sensors. The swallows can be
seen swooping in front of the door sensors, and entering and exiting
at will, with not an angry bird in sight.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Phil</font></div>
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Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
27 Clovis Ave.</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000">Halifax, NS, B3P
1J3</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000">902-460-8343
(cell)</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.com</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">imaginaturestudio.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
through..."</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000"
> <span
></span
> <span
></span
> <span
></span> (Michael Hedges)</font></div>
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