Aversion/attraction of blue jays to microwave irradiation.
Aversion/attraction experiments were conducted to determine whether birds can perceive the presence of 2.45 GHz continuous wave microwave irradiation by observing whether Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) exhibit an attraction or an aversion to the field when exposed to 25 and 50 mW/cm2. At power densities of 25 and 50 mW/cm2 Blue Jays exhibit an aversion to microwave irradiation.
D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D004924:Escape Reaction; D008872:Microwaves; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*