Comments on: Solar Bird House: Late Night Bird Hangout http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/21/questionable-solar-bird-house/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: crackgerbalhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/21/questionable-solar-bird-house/comment-page-1/#comment-121925 crackgerbal Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:42:22 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21585#comment-121925 I totally agree with j9c, birds need defined areas of sleep and awake time. They evolved that way for a reason and the last thing they need is their sleep patterns disrupted form someone who thought they would make the bird house "cute" and completely unnatural. I totally agree with j9c, birds need defined areas of sleep and awake time. They evolved that way for a reason and the last thing they need is their sleep patterns disrupted form someone who thought they would make the bird house “cute” and completely unnatural.

]]> By: bendelschnitzhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/21/questionable-solar-bird-house/comment-page-1/#comment-121693 bendelschnitz Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:28:08 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21585#comment-121693 This is one of the WORST ideas I've read about in recent history, for the two reasons mentioned in the other two comments. This is one of the WORST ideas I’ve read about in recent history, for the two reasons mentioned in the other two comments.

]]> By: naomihttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/21/questionable-solar-bird-house/comment-page-1/#comment-121606 naomi Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:54:58 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21585#comment-121606 Birders recommend only putting up birdhouses without perches as the main users of them are predators. The perch enables them to more easily reach in and grab the babies and eat them; giving them a night light is a bad idea made worse. Birders recommend only putting up birdhouses without perches as the main users of them are predators. The perch enables them to more easily reach in and grab the babies and eat them; giving them a night light is a bad idea made worse.

]]> By: j9chttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/21/questionable-solar-bird-house/comment-page-1/#comment-121488 j9c Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:20:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21585#comment-121488 Bad idea. Cute. But bad.Birds (and most other vertebrates, and possibly invertebrates) need well-defined periods of light and darkness to regulate hormones, etc. Circadian rhythms are sensitive, and anything that's not complete darkness gets construed as "light" by our brains and theirs. It's already bad enough we've got them (and us!) blasted by city lights 24/7 in a lot of their habitat. But putting a light on a place where they're supposed to be nesting is about as comfy and homey as us sleeping next to a mercury vapor lamp or a big old school neon sign."There's nothing more frightening that ignorance in action." -- Goethe Bad idea. Cute. But bad.

Birds (and most other vertebrates, and possibly invertebrates) need well-defined periods of light and darkness to regulate hormones, etc. Circadian rhythms are sensitive, and anything that’s not complete darkness gets construed as “light” by our brains and theirs. It’s already bad enough we’ve got them (and us!) blasted by city lights 24/7 in a lot of their habitat. But putting a light on a place where they’re supposed to be nesting is about as comfy and homey as us sleeping next to a mercury vapor lamp or a big old school neon sign.

“There’s nothing more frightening that ignorance in action.” — Goethe

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