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ArticlePeerJ2020

Circadian preferences of birdwatchers in Poland: do "owls" prefer watching night birds, and "larks" prefer daytime ones?

Martyna Frątczak, Tim H Sparks, Christoph Randler, Piotr Tryjanowski

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Article in PeerJ, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Pandemic Lockdown Influences Nature-Based Recreational Activity: The Case of Birders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Martyna FrątczakPoznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Tim H SparksPoznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4382-7051
Christoph RandlerEberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7357-2793
Piotr TryjanowskiPoznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8358-0797

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Birdwatching is a very popular and increasing leisure activity, and the study and observation of birds is more popular in the morning due to the greater activity among birds at that time of day. The aim of our study was to find out whether there was a relationship between the circadian preference of observers and their favourite bird species and whether it was influenced by such factors as professional status, age and gender. In an e-mail survey we asked a total of 433 Polish ornithologists (professionals) or birdwatchers (non-professionals) for their morningness-eveningness preferences (four categories) and favourite (open choice) bird species and received 143 responses. The temporal (circadian) preferences of respondents declined from early morning (35.7%) to evening/nighttime (11.4%). Circadian preference categories differed significantly by age, with early morning respondents significantly older. These preference categories did not differ significantly in terms of response time to the survey invitation or in the percentage of their favourite birds that were categorised as daytime birds. A total of 204 species were identified as favourite birds of which 34 species were mentioned by five or more respondents, with only two, the common crane

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BirdwatchingCircadian preferenceEnvironmental attitudesMorningness–eveningness

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PMCPMC7058107

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