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Man, I love birds. It may be fun to make them fly with a laser, but at what risk to their eyes?
If a bird can't see, it's as good as dead in the wild.



Video Commentary: "Birds mainly see in the UV spectrum,
to them it looks like a massive stick coming at them, not a laser!
It's bright as day and solid!"
 





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Is that safe? Because I did it once a long long time ago when I was out for dinner, scared all the birds away, 100s of them. Then I stopped becuase I was very concerned for the birdies..
 
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What a stupid video... They could have at least made it look like a laser rather than an RPG. FFS
 
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Just look at the number of birds in the first video... doenst look like they are a rare endangerd species at all. So if you happen to blind one that dies from starvation due to that, its sad, but no big deal.
 
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Benm said:
Just look at the number of birds in the first video... doenst look like they are a rare endangerd species at all. So if you happen to blind one that dies from starvation due to that, its sad, but no big deal.
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Lets hope PETA isnt watching :whistle:
 
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HanMan5000 said:
Is that safe? Because I did it once a long long time ago when I was out for dinner, scared all the birds away, 100s of them. Then I stopped becuase I was very concerned for the birdies..
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In truth, if a bird sees a massive solid beam of daylight brightness moving towards it, it should have enough survival instincts to protect itself. Where flushing massive numbers of birds however, panic stricken birds around buildings, power lines, planes, or people really has unlimited potential for problems.
 
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Sadly, those video that supposedly praise the merits of a particular laser (a DL Aurora 150 in this case) while handling a laser in a hazardous manner are the exact thing that shouldn't be shown to young kids looking for a first laser. If it's a kid posting that on Youtube, that's not clever, but if it's a laser manufacturer posting these on the internet, it's beyond unacceptable, and almost criminal... i see these as an encouragement to use lasers in dangerous manners.

Popping ballons and burning plastic CD cases is cool and fun, but videos showing lasers being used in a hazardous way (like pointing at animals or people) is just plain dumb and probably a good reason and justification for the authorities to clamp down on portable laser sales.

:( Robert
 
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Survival instincts or not, no lasers are used around my bird (a Hahn's Macaw). Birds tend to have excellent vision - I'm not an expert or anything so this is speculation but I worry that the laser might affect her more than it would me. Plus, they don't make laser safety goggles that small :crackup:

As far as the videos, a buddy of mine's girlfriend works for the state. One of her duties is getting birds out of the reservoirs, for which they use firecrackers, flare-guns, and other such bird-ridding devices. Personally, lasers seem a bit safer than shooting a flare into the middle of a flock of birds, especially if the laser is a good distance away (beam has diverged to levels not deemed dangerous).
 
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Ya I seen times where in fields they are like 200 birds, and you drive by and they all fly away...Cool to see.

When I first got my 200mW rayfoss, I shined it outside in the backyard (from in my house) to see if it can be seen on a sunny day. Not only was it seen very easily, but I scared 10 birds away. At first I was startled wondering if it was the laser, the wind, an animal...But I guess seeing this thread, it was the laser. Is it due to the brightness of the dot that scares them? Was a lot of robins. I'm not sure the name of the hundred of birds that rest on lines are called.
 
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the first video could be the coolest thing to do with a laser... i loved it wen he was pushing them left and right, in mid air!!
 
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Just look at the number of birds in the first video... doenst look like they are a rare endangerd species at all. So if you happen to blind one that dies from starvation due to that, its sad, but no big deal.
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So technically... using your logic, since there is millions of Ameriacans,it would be sad to blind one an let him or her figure a way out to survive with out eye sight. If he or she dies of starvation, because they can't find food or water.... it would be sad.... but no loss..... hmm see the flaw in your logic?
 
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I was once using one of my lasers near a pond. The ducks flipped out. I felt really bad.

Never doing that again... :p

-Trevor
 
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Interesting. Could be useful under certain conditions, say, a tailings pond? A properly built scanner could reduce the number of deaths (of birds) due to oil and chemical ponds. The acoustic cannons are fairly annoying in the oil sands.
 
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