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Bluebag Media
DC Parks humanoid
being used to train birds
GREENVILLE – There is a new ‘humanoid’ at Darke County Parks. It made
its presence known in early January and will be replaced by real humans
on Jan. 30.
“We’re trying to train the birds to get accustomed to people,” said
Darke County Parks Naturalist Robb Clifford. The mannequin (humanoid),
wearing a blue hoody with a scarf and gloves, will have been “feeding”
the birds for nearly a month. “We’re going to dress the participants in
the same clothes (on the 30th), and remove some of the other feeders to
make it a little more enticing to feed out of the hand.”
He noted they will swap people in and out, each having to hold still
for about 10 minutes. He also said the event is “full” – no more room
for new participants. “The birds are fairly resilient,” he said. “They
come back pretty quickly (after they’ve been frightened off).”
Clifford said they did the same thing a few years ago with kids. “The
birds typically coming back the quickest were the chickadee and the
tufted titmouse...
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