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MyNoise Developer(s) Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon Website mynoise.net MyNoise (stylised as myNoise) is a white noise website and app created by Stéphane Pigeon. It offers many different natural soundscapes, as well as synthetic noises such as white noise. History MyNoise was created in 2013 by Stéphane Pigeon, a Belgian audio processing engineer, sound designer, and electrical engineer. By April ...
A bird control spike, also known as an anti-roosting spike, [1] pigeon spike, or roost modification, is a device consisting of long, needle-like rods used for bird control. Bird control spikes can be attached to building ledges, street lighting , and commercial signage to prevent wild or feral birds from perching or roosting.
Bird control or bird abatement involves the methods to eliminate or deter pest birds from landing, roosting and nesting. Bird control is important because pest birds can create health-related problems through their feces, including histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and psittacosis. [1] Bird droppings may also cause damage to property and equipment.
The sound of the whistle varies depending on the movement of the wings, acceleration of the pigeon, wind speed, wind direction and the positions of pigeons within the flock. [8] The effect of Mann and Petravicius' displays has been described as "unlike any other phenomenon", with Petravicius describing it as "rubbish on record but brilliant live".
Alarm calls have been studied in many species, such as Belding's ground squirrels. Characteristic 'ticking' alarm call of a European robin, Erithacus rubecula. In animal communication, an alarm signal is an antipredator adaptation in the form of signals emitted by social animals in response to danger.
The Mindanao bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera), also known as Bartlett's bleeding heart dove, Barlett's bleeding heart pigeon and the hair-breasted bleeding heart, is a species of bird in the pigeon family. It is endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Mindanao, Basilan, Samar, Leyte and Bohol. It is so named because of a red blotch ...
The most notable of these works is a 2006 audio-visual installation titled Ferals which featured over 3,000 original photographs of New York City pigeons. [28] This visual display was accompanied by a collage of pigeon sounds which attempted to sonically relate the story of "two hungry juvenile pigeons begging their parents for food."