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"Data collection seems highly suspect." My understanding is they collected every 4 minutes for 200+ days, which implies 72,000 measurements. If there were 72,
by jhonovich 13y ago
"Data collection seems highly suspect."
My understanding is they collected every 4 minutes for 200+ days, which implies 72,000 measurements.
If there were 72,000 measurements and none of them found the bird stationary, that's a pretty good sign the bird rests extremely infrequently.
- autoreverse 13y agoAlso, they got measurements from three birds so they have 216,000 continuous non-stationary measurements. A stats guru might be able to figure out the effective reduced sample interval.
- madaxe 13y agoUnless they land for very brief moments to rest - as I've seen swifts do... in west africa. Sample rate is everything. Look - this lady can fly!!! (Neat photos, to boot...) http://kotaku.com/this-lady-appears-to-be-floating-5950132 http://kotaku.com/this-lady-appears-to-be-floating-5950132