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Table 2 Overview of the wind tunnel experiments with all four combinations of housing shape (drop shape and cube shape) and wind angle (horizontal flow at + 2° and significant updraft at + 6°)

From: The impact of shape and attachment position of biologging devices in Northern Bald Ibises

Condition (housing, wind angle)

Number of flights; Bird 310 (n)

Number of flights; Bird 311 (n)

Total recorded data (seconds)

Mean heart rate (bpm)

Mean VeDBA (mg)

cube shape, wind + 2°

6

8

4469

461

793

drop shape, wind + 2°

8

6

4496

443

672

cube shape, wind + 6°

6

6

3829

414

492

drop shape, wind + 6°

6

6

4092

335

331