I've noticed an Australian Magpie on the wind vane of my Vantage Pro2 a few times. They seem to enjoy playing with the spinning cups below - stopping them with their beaks and then letting them go again.
On Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 12:43:13 AM UTC+9:30, Jeff A. D. wrote: > > Sorry, you did say it was a Vantage Vue, so I guess a bird would be more > likely to land on the cups than they would a Vantage Pro station like > mine. My mistake. > > Realizing how the Vue is set up gives me a better picture of what happened > and makes it even more amusing. :) > > On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:01:59 AM UTC-6, Jeff A. D. wrote: >> >> I think generally it would just momentarily affect the wind direction as >> it's the vane they tend to land on and launch off of, unless they move >> enough air when they flap their wings to really get the cups spinning. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/76181cf9-31ea-4346-9a0c-bc72ca57c5f8%40googlegroups.com.
