Kaushik Krishnan

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Earth quake warning from bird behaviour thousands of miles away

14th Jan 07, around 4.30 Pm (IST) , Neelangarai , Chennai, TamilNadu - India

The crows followed a strange behaviour wherein they flocked together and went flying in a specific pattern landing together in small spurts.

The warning for earth quake North of middle Andaman at 6:13:32.8 HRS(UTC) on 15th Jan 07
Lat 12.9°N
Long 93.0°E
Depth 10.0
richer scale 5.0

The behaviour was very different from the behaviour noticed in my tsunami post earlier

29th Jan 07, around 6.15 pm (IST), Adyar bridge, Chennai, TamilNadu - India

A flock of ibis was flying with a specific pattern as a flock similar to the pattern followed by the crows (on 14th)but in longer spurts. They were flying low about 2 feet above water when moving away from the bridge and showing a display near the bridge. Display very similar to the crow behaviour on 14th Jan 07

A set of crows were also showing a similar display

A large set of population started enjoying the show oblivious of the warning causing a traffic jam

The warning for the earthquake North of Camarota, Nicobar Islands at 19:48:40.3 HRS(UTC) on 29th Jan 07

Lat 08.6°N
Long 93.3°E
Depth 33.0
Richer scale 5.2

Please note that the above observations are a part of my research on behaviour of birds during natural calamities, pictures on the behaviour are available for the 14th incident as a record.

Earthquake information source - http://www.imd.gov.in

1 Comments:

At 3:21 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A 6.1 earthquake struck this morning off the coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. This afternoon my attention was drawn to the loud noise of hundreds of wrens perched in our backyard trees (Richmond, BC). This has never happened before to my knowledge. Will soon know if it is simply an anomily or a signal of something to come.

 

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