WO2002078433A1 - System and control method for bird park - Google Patents

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WO2002078433A1
WO2002078433A1 PCT/KR2002/000545 KR0200545W WO02078433A1 WO 2002078433 A1 WO2002078433 A1 WO 2002078433A1 KR 0200545 W KR0200545 W KR 0200545W WO 02078433 A1 WO02078433 A1 WO 02078433A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
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    • A01K31/24—Dovecots; Pigeon lofts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K15/00—Devices for taming animals, e.g. nose-rings or hobbles; Devices for overturning animals in general; Training or exercising equipment; Covering boxes
    • A01K15/02—Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals ; Electric shock devices ; Toys specially adapted for animals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K31/00—Housing birds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K31/00—Housing birds
    • A01K31/06—Cages, e.g. for singing birds

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  • the present invention relates to a system for a bird park, and more particularly, to a system and control method for a bird park by which birds exhibiting their imprinted behaviors can mix with spectators in an open space.
  • An object of the present invention is to allow spectators to view birds exhibiting imprinted behaviors in an open space.
  • a system for a bird park comprising a viewing space through which spectators stroll; a house which is installed at a position adjacent to the viewing space, provides a space having nests and perches for allowing birds exhibiting behaviors imprinted thereto through imprinting activities to live in the space of the house, and is constructed to allow the birds to move between the viewing space and the space of the house; an imprinted-signal generator installed in the viewing space for generating an imprinted signal so that the birds are caused to move into the viewing space by means of imprinting and to exhibit the imprinted behaviors; and a homing signal generator installed in the house for generating a homing signal so that the birds existing in the viewing space are caused to return back to the house.
  • a sex ratio of male to female of the birds may be set such that the number of the female birds is relatively larger than that of the male birds.
  • An entire outer wall of the house may be constructed to be openable and thus can be selectively opened and closed depending on climate conditions including the direction of a wind .
  • the interior of the house, the nests and the perches may be further provided with temperature, humidity and illuminance maintaining apparatuses for keeping optimal temperature, humidity and illuminance conditions suitable for inhabitation of the respective birds, respectively.
  • the number of the nests is preferably larger than that of the female birds.
  • the floor of the house may be paved with sand, and the house may further include a water flow apparatus for supplying flowing water at a side thereof so that the birds can take the water.
  • the homing signal generator may generate a sound of relevant birds living in the house in such a manner that a recorded sound of the birds is reproduced toward the exterior of the house.
  • a movement-restricted area is additionally formed in the house, and birds that live in the movement-restricted area and exhibit the imprinted behaviors are prevented from moving to the outside thereof.
  • the homing signal generator may generate a sound of relevant birds living in the house, and include a microphone and a speaker for receiving, amplifying and outputting the sound of the birds living in the movement-restricted area of the house.
  • the volume of the movement-restricted area may be about 1/5 to 1/2 times as large as that of the house.
  • the viewing space is preferably an open space, and includes a plurality of perches on which the birds can be.
  • Trees may be further provided around and within the house, and illumination lamps may be installed at positions in the viewing space away from the house by respective predetermined radii.
  • a method of controlling a system for a bird park in which birds capable of exhibiting imprinted behaviors are caused to exhibit the imprinted behaviors by providing the birds with imprinted signals from a house having an environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds and from a viewing space adjacent to the house.
  • the method comprises the steps of generating the imprinted signal for causing the birds to exhibit the imprinted behaviors from the viewing space; providing imprinted conditions to the birds that have moved from the house to the viewing space in response to the imprinted signal generated from the viewing space; and generating a homing signal from the interior of the house so that the birds return back to the house.
  • the above steps are performed repeatedly.
  • the method may further comprise the step of controlling the temperature, humidity and illuminance in the house to meet living habits of the birds.
  • the birds existing in the viewing space may be caused to return back to the house at night by darkening the viewing space sequentially from a position relatively far away from the house.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of a system for a bird park according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the interior of a house constituting the preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view showing the inner constitution of a house according to another embodiment.
  • a system for a bird park is provided with a viewing space 10 which spectators can freely enter and leave. Trees 20 are provided at locations adjacent to the viewing space 10, and a house 30 in which birds live is installed between the trees 20.
  • the viewing space 10 is formed in the vicinity of the house 30. For example, it may be formed to surround the entire house 30.
  • the viewing space 10 is made to allow the spectators to easily approach it.
  • the floor of the viewing space 10 be paved with sand, or soil mixed with sand.
  • the reason that the floor of the viewing space is paved with the sand in such a manner is that the sand provides the birds with what needed for their digestion. That is, since pulverization of feed performed in body of the bird is made mainly by a motion of its gizzard, indigestion may occur if the sand or small stone fragments that are the motive of the pulverization do not exist in the gizzard.
  • the floor of the viewing space 10 is preferably flat, it is not necessarily flat. As far as the spectators can easily approach the birds, the floor may have any configurations. Further, the viewing space 10 is made to be a fully open space. Of course, the viewing space 10 is not necessarily the fully open space. For the purpose of spectators' convenience, the viewing space may be provided with shading facilities for shutting out the sunshine, or be a space which is connected with the house 30 but isolated from the exterior of the space. It is preferred that the viewing space 10 be provided with a plurality of perches on which the birds can be.
  • illumination lamps 16 are installed in the viewing space 10 at respective predetermined distances from the house 30. That is, the illumination lamps 16 are installed at positions on circumferences having respective predetermined radii from the house 30.
  • the plurality of illumination lamps 16 can be installed along each of circumferences having radii of r, 2r, 3r in meter, and the like from the house 30.
  • the birds employed in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • the birds that live in the house 30 are generally slow-growing birds (having "nidicolocity”). However, they are not necessarily limited thereto but may be precocious birds (having "nidifugity"). Further, it is simple to employ small birds among birds in view of the care of them.
  • the slow-growing birds generally cannot open their eyes, have no feathers and cannot walk when they hatch out, and cannot live without protection of mother birds. As described above, the slow-growing birds should receive help from the mother birds for a substantial period of time after their hatching. Therefore, the slow-growing birds can be trained to learn and exhibit imprinted behaviors through imprinting activities for the substantial period of time. Of course, the imprinting is also applied to the precocious birds.
  • the imprinting activities mean a kind of leaning by which young birds follow an object which they have been caused to first experience visually, auditorily and tactually and in which they have taken interest.
  • the birds employed in the present invention exhibit the imprinted behaviors learned through the imprinting activities.
  • the imprinted behaviors include movement of the birds toward a sound source generating a particular sound, playing of the birds on hands, shoulders, heads and the like of persons (hereinafter, referred to as "spectators"), and eating of feeds supplied by the spectators.
  • spectators playing of the birds on hands, shoulders, heads and the like of persons
  • eating of feeds supplied by the spectators are imprinted to the young birds in such a way that the young birds are caused to exhibit the behaviors by continuously experiencing activities in which a person supplies the feeds to the young birds while producing a particular sound after the birds have hatched out.
  • the birds capable of exhibiting the imprinted behaviors include, for example, common finches, zebra finches, white Java sparrows, red gouldian finches, grass finches, star finches, canaries, budgerigars, and the like.
  • an imprinted-signal generator 12 for generating a sound imprinted to the birds is provided in the viewing space 10.
  • the imprinted-signal generator 12 is a bell proposed in the illustrated embodiment. That is, this is a case where a bell sound is generated and imprinted to the birds while feeding the birds.
  • the other examples of such a sound may include the sound of a pipe or harmonica, a mechanical sound, an electronic sound, and the like. In other words, an initial imprinted sound should be utilized.
  • a plurality of imprinted-signal generators 12 may be installed in the viewing space 10.
  • the trees 20 are provided around the house 30. Namely, a lot of trees 20 are planted around the house 30 in order to provide an environment identical with a wild environment in which the birds live. Such trees 20 also serve to isolate the spectators in the viewing space 10 from the house 30 so as to protect nests of the birds. Preferably, natural trees are used as such trees 20. More preferably, trees for which the birds living in the house 30 have a preference are planted around the house.
  • the house 30 is a place in which the birds actually live, and is constructed such that the birds can take rests at night and be protected against their natural enemies.
  • the house 30 provides an optimal environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds so as to serve to prevent the birds from moving to the other relatively better places.
  • the house 30 is constructed as follows. At this time, the house 30 is not necessarily constructed in the configurations shown in the figures. Any constitutions of the house may be employed as far as they can provide the birds with the optimal environment.
  • the house 30 is constructed such that an entire outer wall of the house can be opened and closed, and more specifically, the outer wall is selectively opened and closed depending on climate conditions such as the direction of a wind.
  • the outer wall can be opened in a shutter fashion so that the interior of the house 30 can be open.
  • a roof of the house 30 is preferably provided with a structure (not shown) for natural lighting, and should be provided with a ventilation window (not shown).
  • the interior of the house 30 be maintained in the environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds in view of the temperature, humidity and illuminance therein.
  • nests 31 of the birds are installed on trees 22 planted in the house 30.
  • Perches 32 are also provided in the house 30 so that the birds can take rests in a space of the house 30 out of the nests 31.
  • a humidity maintaining apparatus e.g., a humidifier and a dehumidifier
  • a lighting apparatus is installed therein.
  • the lighting apparatus is preferably one for emitting light most similar to sunshine, for example, a three-wavelength lamp.
  • the installation of the lighting apparatus in the house is such that the interior of the house 30 is kept in an optimal state suitable for inhabitation of the birds in cloudy days. Further, in order to ensure that the birds can be sufficiently fed and have exercise in the winter of which daytime is short, the interior of the house 30 is illuminated by using the lighting apparatus for a predetermined period of time after sunset.
  • the temperature in the entire interior of the house 30 is controlled, and at the same time, the temperatures of the nests 31 and the perches 32 are kept constant.
  • An air conditioner, a radiator or the like is installed in the house so as to control and maintain the temperature of the entire interior of the house 30.
  • the air conditioner a model having an air purifying function is preferably employed. Otherwise, it is necessary to often ventilate the interior of the house 30. It is preferred that the air conditioner, the radiator or the like be installed not to be exposed to the birds as much as possible. This is to remove an artificial structure unfamiliar to the birds from the house 30.
  • the temperature in the nest can be always set to a temperature most suitable for inhabitation of the birds.
  • the temperature most suitable for birds is about 20 to 30 ° C .
  • the perches 32 For example, heaters are installed in the perches 32 to maintain surfaces of the perches at a desired temperature.
  • the nests 31 preferably take the same shape as the birds weave with tree branches in a natural state. However, it is not limited thereto. It is also preferred that the floor of the house 30 be paved with the soil mixed with the sand.
  • a water flow apparatus 35 is installed in the house 30.
  • the water flow apparatus 35 is constructed such that water flows from one side of the interior of the house 30 toward the other side thereof so as to allow the birds to take the water at any time.
  • a fountain is installed in the water flow apparatus 35 and continuously supplied with a certain amount of water much more than a predetermined amount from the exterior so that fresh water can be supplied to the birds.
  • a sex ratio of male to female in the house 30 it is preferred that the number of the female birds be relatively larger than that of the male birds so that the birds in the house 30 can form a stable population. With such a sex ratio, the male birds in the house 30 are prevented from escaping from the house 30.
  • the number of the nests 31 is preferably larger than the number of the female birds.
  • the nests 31 are installed at relatively high locations of the trees 22 and should not be too close to one another.
  • a homing signal generator 37 is installed in the house 30.
  • the homing signal generator 37 produces sounds of the birds living in the house 30 for causing birds, which have gone out into the viewing space 10, the trees 20 or the other locations, to return back to the house 30.
  • the homing signal generator 37 provides the sounds of the birds through a speaker by reproducing them that have been previously recorded therein. Therefore, the homing signal generator 37 includes a device capable of reproducing the recorded sounds, and the speaker capable of outputting the sounds in an amplified or original state.
  • FIG. 3 shows the constitution of a house according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a house 30' according to this embodiment generally takes the shape of a dome and is provided with a plurality of entrances 31 along a circumference of the house 30' at a predetermined interval. The entrances 31 are formed to occupy a substantial portion of an outer wall of the house 30'.
  • the various kinds of structures provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 are also installed in the house 30'. Particularly, in the present embodiment, a movement- restricted area 50 is further formed in the house 30'.
  • the movement-restricted area 50 is isolated from the remaining interior of the house 30'. However, the environment in the movement- restricted area 50 is maintained under the same conditions as the interior of the house 30', and only the movement of the birds therebetween is limited.
  • the movement- restricted area 50 is partitioned by a wire net or the like so that the interior of the movement-restricted area can be viewed from the remaining interior of the house 30'. Further, the volume of the movement-restricted area 50 is preferably about 1/5 to 1/2 times as large as that of the house 30'.
  • a sex ratio of male to female in the movement- restricted area 50 is preferably set such that the number of the female birds is larger than that of the male birds.
  • the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 provides a motive force for causing the birds in the system for the bird park according to the present invention to form a population.
  • the sounds of the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 can be used as a homing signal.
  • the present invention allows the spectators in the generally open viewing space
  • the birds move into the viewing space 10. Then, the birds are around the spectators and on hands, shoulders, heads and the like of the spectators, and eat the feeds supplied by the spectators in the viewing space 10. All the behaviors are imprinted behaviors that have been separately imprinted to the birds from youth.
  • the imprinting can be made to the respective birds, and young birds born by the imprinted mother birds also exhibit the same behaviors as the mother birds by learning the behaviors of the mother birds.
  • the homing signal is produced from the house 30 so that the birds can take rests periodically in the house.
  • relevant sounds of the birds are generated by the homing signal generator 37 so that the birds are caused to return back to the house 30.
  • some of birds may voluntarily return back to the house 30 and then take rests therein. For instance, birds that sufficiently have eaten the feeds may return back to the house 30 in advance.
  • the original sounds of the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 of the house 30' may be used as the homing signal.
  • the microphone is installed in the movement-restricted area 50 of the house 30' and the original sounds inputted into the microphone are outputted directly through the speaker so that the birds out of he house can be caused to return back to the house 30' .
  • the house 30 is constructed such that the entire outer wall thereof can be opened.
  • the outer wall is opened before the generation of the imprinted signal. At this time, only some portions of the outer wall may be opened depending on daily climate conditions.
  • the outer wall of the house 30 is opened in such a way, the birds can move into the viewing space 10 in accordance with the imprinted signal.
  • the entrances 31 of the house 30' are opened.
  • the interior of the house 30 is kept at the temperature, humidity and illuminance suitable for inhabitation of the birds.
  • the temperature and humidity in the house 30 are maintained by the air conditioner, and the humidifier and the dehumidifier, respectively.
  • the interior of the house 30 is also illuminated to be similar to a natural state as much as possible by means of the lighting apparatus and the structure for natural lighting.
  • the nests 31 and the perches 32 are provided with the separate temperature maintaining apparatuses to meet temperature requirements of themselves and keep themselves at constant temperatures.
  • the water flow apparatus 35 With the water flow apparatus 35, the water flows continuously in the house 30 and thus the birds can take the water. Moreover, the floor of the house 30 is paved with the soil mixed with the sand so as to provide components required for digestive processes of the birds. The soil is renewed once every predetermined period of time.
  • the number of the female birds is kept relatively larger than that of male birds in order to prevent the males from escaping toward the other places and to simultaneously cause their population of the house 30 to be continuously maintained through proper breeding.
  • the illumination lamps 16 can be used for causing the birds, which are out of the house 30, to return to the house 30 at sunset. That is, when the sun is about to set, all the illumination lamps 16 are turned on. Then, the illumination lamps 16 are sequentially turned off at predetermined intervals from illumination lamps 16 farthest away from the house 30, so that the birds can be caused to gradually move toward bright areas and finally return to the house 30.
  • the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 within the house 30' serve to cause the birds that are out of the house 30' to return to the house 30' .
  • the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 become a basis for population maintenance of all the birds in the house 30'.
  • the sounds of the birds in the movement-restricted area 50 can be used as the homing signal to cause the birds, which have been out of the house 30', to home or return to the house 30' so that the population can be maintained in the house 30'.

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The present relates to a system and control method for a bird park. The present invention causes birds capable of exhibiting imprinted behaviors to live in a house (30) having an environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds, and spectators to have direct access to the birds in a viewing space (10) adjacent to the house (30). To this end, in the present invention, an imprimed-signal generator (12) for generating an imprinted signal is installed in the viewing space (10), and trees (20) are provided around the house (30). The house (30) is provided wiht nests (31) and perches (32) so that the birds can live in the house, and proper environmental conditions are maintained in the house. Further, a homing signal generator (37) is installed in the house (30) so that birds, which are out ot the house (30), can return back to the house. According to the present invention, the spectators can have access to a lot of birds in an open space.

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SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BIRD PARK
Technical Field The present invention relates to a system for a bird park, and more particularly, to a system and control method for a bird park by which birds exhibiting their imprinted behaviors can mix with spectators in an open space.
Background Art Generally, in a place such as a zoo where a lot of spectators view birds or animals, the birds or animals are accommodated in a space isolated from the spectators.
Particularly, in case of the birds, a net is put up high in the place and then the birds are accommodated therein. This is to prevent the birds from flying away.
Recently, there is a tendency toward building of a safari zoo in which the animals are accommodated in a relatively wide and open space and the spectators can view the animals while traveling by vehicle so that the spectators can enjoy viewing the animals directly in the living space of the animals.
However, since the birds have a flying characteristic, a space in which the birds are accommodated must be isolated from the outside thereof by the net or the like. If a viewing space opened to the spectators is intended to be provided, the net should be put up over a relatively wide range. Therefore, in actual, it is impossible for the spectators to view the birds in such an open space. More specifically, it is almost impossible for the spectators to view the birds while directly approaching and feeding the birds in such an open space.
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Therefore, the present invention is conceived to solve the problems in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to allow spectators to view birds exhibiting imprinted behaviors in an open space. According to one aspect of the present invention for achieving the object, there is provided a system for a bird park, comprising a viewing space through which spectators stroll; a house which is installed at a position adjacent to the viewing space, provides a space having nests and perches for allowing birds exhibiting behaviors imprinted thereto through imprinting activities to live in the space of the house, and is constructed to allow the birds to move between the viewing space and the space of the house; an imprinted-signal generator installed in the viewing space for generating an imprinted signal so that the birds are caused to move into the viewing space by means of imprinting and to exhibit the imprinted behaviors; and a homing signal generator installed in the house for generating a homing signal so that the birds existing in the viewing space are caused to return back to the house.
A sex ratio of male to female of the birds may be set such that the number of the female birds is relatively larger than that of the male birds.
An entire outer wall of the house may be constructed to be openable and thus can be selectively opened and closed depending on climate conditions including the direction of a wind .
The interior of the house, the nests and the perches may be further provided with temperature, humidity and illuminance maintaining apparatuses for keeping optimal temperature, humidity and illuminance conditions suitable for inhabitation of the respective birds, respectively. The number of the nests is preferably larger than that of the female birds.
The floor of the house may be paved with sand, and the house may further include a water flow apparatus for supplying flowing water at a side thereof so that the birds can take the water.
The homing signal generator may generate a sound of relevant birds living in the house in such a manner that a recorded sound of the birds is reproduced toward the exterior of the house.
Preferably, a movement-restricted area is additionally formed in the house, and birds that live in the movement-restricted area and exhibit the imprinted behaviors are prevented from moving to the outside thereof. The homing signal generator may generate a sound of relevant birds living in the house, and include a microphone and a speaker for receiving, amplifying and outputting the sound of the birds living in the movement-restricted area of the house.
The volume of the movement-restricted area may be about 1/5 to 1/2 times as large as that of the house. The viewing space is preferably an open space, and includes a plurality of perches on which the birds can be.
Trees may be further provided around and within the house, and illumination lamps may be installed at positions in the viewing space away from the house by respective predetermined radii. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a system for a bird park in which birds capable of exhibiting imprinted behaviors are caused to exhibit the imprinted behaviors by providing the birds with imprinted signals from a house having an environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds and from a viewing space adjacent to the house. The method comprises the steps of generating the imprinted signal for causing the birds to exhibit the imprinted behaviors from the viewing space; providing imprinted conditions to the birds that have moved from the house to the viewing space in response to the imprinted signal generated from the viewing space; and generating a homing signal from the interior of the house so that the birds return back to the house. The above steps are performed repeatedly.
The method may further comprise the step of controlling the temperature, humidity and illuminance in the house to meet living habits of the birds.
The birds existing in the viewing space may be caused to return back to the house at night by darkening the viewing space sequentially from a position relatively far away from the house.
According to the present invention constructed as such, there is an advantage in that the spectators can view and observe the birds exhibiting the imprinted behaviors directly in the open space. Brief Description of Drawings
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of a system for a bird park according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the interior of a house constituting the preferred embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a sectional plan view showing the inner constitution of a house according to another embodiment.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a system for a bird park according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, a system for a bird park according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a viewing space 10 which spectators can freely enter and leave. Trees 20 are provided at locations adjacent to the viewing space 10, and a house 30 in which birds live is installed between the trees 20.
The viewing space 10 is formed in the vicinity of the house 30. For example, it may be formed to surround the entire house 30. The viewing space 10 is made to allow the spectators to easily approach it. It is preferred that the floor of the viewing space 10 be paved with sand, or soil mixed with sand. The reason that the floor of the viewing space is paved with the sand in such a manner is that the sand provides the birds with what needed for their digestion. That is, since pulverization of feed performed in body of the bird is made mainly by a motion of its gizzard, indigestion may occur if the sand or small stone fragments that are the motive of the pulverization do not exist in the gizzard.
Although the floor of the viewing space 10 is preferably flat, it is not necessarily flat. As far as the spectators can easily approach the birds, the floor may have any configurations. Further, the viewing space 10 is made to be a fully open space. Of course, the viewing space 10 is not necessarily the fully open space. For the purpose of spectators' convenience, the viewing space may be provided with shading facilities for shutting out the sunshine, or be a space which is connected with the house 30 but isolated from the exterior of the space. It is preferred that the viewing space 10 be provided with a plurality of perches on which the birds can be.
Moreover, illumination lamps 16 are installed in the viewing space 10 at respective predetermined distances from the house 30. That is, the illumination lamps 16 are installed at positions on circumferences having respective predetermined radii from the house 30. For example, the plurality of illumination lamps 16 can be installed along each of circumferences having radii of r, 2r, 3r in meter, and the like from the house 30. Next, the birds employed in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The birds that live in the house 30 are generally slow-growing birds (having "nidicolocity"). However, they are not necessarily limited thereto but may be precocious birds (having "nidifugity"). Further, it is simple to employ small birds among birds in view of the care of them. The slow-growing birds generally cannot open their eyes, have no feathers and cannot walk when they hatch out, and cannot live without protection of mother birds. As described above, the slow-growing birds should receive help from the mother birds for a substantial period of time after their hatching. Therefore, the slow-growing birds can be trained to learn and exhibit imprinted behaviors through imprinting activities for the substantial period of time. Of course, the imprinting is also applied to the precocious birds.
Here, the imprinting activities mean a kind of leaning by which young birds follow an object which they have been caused to first experience visually, auditorily and tactually and in which they have taken interest.
That is, the birds employed in the present invention exhibit the imprinted behaviors learned through the imprinting activities. Here, the imprinted behaviors include movement of the birds toward a sound source generating a particular sound, playing of the birds on hands, shoulders, heads and the like of persons (hereinafter, referred to as "spectators"), and eating of feeds supplied by the spectators. In other words, such behaviors are imprinted to the young birds in such a way that the young birds are caused to exhibit the behaviors by continuously experiencing activities in which a person supplies the feeds to the young birds while producing a particular sound after the birds have hatched out. The birds capable of exhibiting the imprinted behaviors include, for example, common finches, zebra finches, white Java sparrows, red gouldian finches, grass finches, star finches, canaries, budgerigars, and the like. Meanwhile, an imprinted-signal generator 12 for generating a sound imprinted to the birds is provided in the viewing space 10. One example of the imprinted-signal generator 12 is a bell proposed in the illustrated embodiment. That is, this is a case where a bell sound is generated and imprinted to the birds while feeding the birds. The other examples of such a sound may include the sound of a pipe or harmonica, a mechanical sound, an electronic sound, and the like. In other words, an initial imprinted sound should be utilized. A plurality of imprinted-signal generators 12 may be installed in the viewing space 10.
Next, the trees 20 are provided around the house 30. Namely, a lot of trees 20 are planted around the house 30 in order to provide an environment identical with a wild environment in which the birds live. Such trees 20 also serve to isolate the spectators in the viewing space 10 from the house 30 so as to protect nests of the birds. Preferably, natural trees are used as such trees 20. More preferably, trees for which the birds living in the house 30 have a preference are planted around the house.
The house 30 is a place in which the birds actually live, and is constructed such that the birds can take rests at night and be protected against their natural enemies. The house 30 provides an optimal environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds so as to serve to prevent the birds from moving to the other relatively better places. To this end, the house 30 is constructed as follows. At this time, the house 30 is not necessarily constructed in the configurations shown in the figures. Any constitutions of the house may be employed as far as they can provide the birds with the optimal environment.
As for the number of individuals of the birds capable of living in the house 30, it is appropriate that in case of a bird falling within a sparrow order, 300 to 400 birds live therein if the floor area and height of the house 30 are about 330 m2 and 4 to 5 m, respectively. First, the house 30 according to the embodiment is constructed such that an entire outer wall of the house can be opened and closed, and more specifically, the outer wall is selectively opened and closed depending on climate conditions such as the direction of a wind. For example, the outer wall can be opened in a shutter fashion so that the interior of the house 30 can be open. Further, a roof of the house 30 is preferably provided with a structure (not shown) for natural lighting, and should be provided with a ventilation window (not shown).
It is preferred that the interior of the house 30 be maintained in the environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds in view of the temperature, humidity and illuminance therein. Moreover, nests 31 of the birds are installed on trees 22 planted in the house 30. Perches 32 are also provided in the house 30 so that the birds can take rests in a space of the house 30 out of the nests 31.
At this time, in order to simultaneously control the humidity and illuminance throughout the interior of the house 30, a humidity maintaining apparatus (e.g., a humidifier and a dehumidifier) and a lighting apparatus are installed therein. Here, the lighting apparatus is preferably one for emitting light most similar to sunshine, for example, a three-wavelength lamp. The installation of the lighting apparatus in the house is such that the interior of the house 30 is kept in an optimal state suitable for inhabitation of the birds in cloudy days. Further, in order to ensure that the birds can be sufficiently fed and have exercise in the winter of which daytime is short, the interior of the house 30 is illuminated by using the lighting apparatus for a predetermined period of time after sunset.
The temperature in the entire interior of the house 30 is controlled, and at the same time, the temperatures of the nests 31 and the perches 32 are kept constant. An air conditioner, a radiator or the like is installed in the house so as to control and maintain the temperature of the entire interior of the house 30. As for the air conditioner, a model having an air purifying function is preferably employed. Otherwise, it is necessary to often ventilate the interior of the house 30. It is preferred that the air conditioner, the radiator or the like be installed not to be exposed to the birds as much as possible. This is to remove an artificial structure unfamiliar to the birds from the house 30.
Meanwhile, a temperature maintaining apparatus is installed in each of the nests
31 so that the temperature in the nest can be always set to a temperature most suitable for inhabitation of the birds. Generally, the temperature most suitable for birds is about 20 to 30 °C . The same is true of the perches 32. For example, heaters are installed in the perches 32 to maintain surfaces of the perches at a desired temperature.
At this time, although it is preferred that natural trees be used as the trees 22, artificial trees may be used in consideration of maintenance convenience. The nests 31 preferably take the same shape as the birds weave with tree branches in a natural state. However, it is not limited thereto. It is also preferred that the floor of the house 30 be paved with the soil mixed with the sand.
In the meantime, a water flow apparatus 35 is installed in the house 30. The water flow apparatus 35 is constructed such that water flows from one side of the interior of the house 30 toward the other side thereof so as to allow the birds to take the water at any time. A fountain is installed in the water flow apparatus 35 and continuously supplied with a certain amount of water much more than a predetermined amount from the exterior so that fresh water can be supplied to the birds.
Further, as for a sex ratio of male to female in the house 30, it is preferred that the number of the female birds be relatively larger than that of the male birds so that the birds in the house 30 can form a stable population. With such a sex ratio, the male birds in the house 30 are prevented from escaping from the house 30.
Moreover, the number of the nests 31 is preferably larger than the number of the female birds. The nests 31 are installed at relatively high locations of the trees 22 and should not be too close to one another. Furthermore, a homing signal generator 37 is installed in the house 30. The homing signal generator 37 produces sounds of the birds living in the house 30 for causing birds, which have gone out into the viewing space 10, the trees 20 or the other locations, to return back to the house 30. The homing signal generator 37 provides the sounds of the birds through a speaker by reproducing them that have been previously recorded therein. Therefore, the homing signal generator 37 includes a device capable of reproducing the recorded sounds, and the speaker capable of outputting the sounds in an amplified or original state. It will be apparent that original sounds of the birds living in the house 30 can be directly inputted into a microphone and then outputted through the speaker instead of the reproduction of the recorded sounds. Alternatively, FIG. 3 shows the constitution of a house according to another embodiment of the present invention. A house 30' according to this embodiment generally takes the shape of a dome and is provided with a plurality of entrances 31 along a circumference of the house 30' at a predetermined interval. The entrances 31 are formed to occupy a substantial portion of an outer wall of the house 30'. The various kinds of structures provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 are also installed in the house 30'. Particularly, in the present embodiment, a movement- restricted area 50 is further formed in the house 30'. There is limitation on the movement of the birds between the interior of the movement-restricted area 50 and the remaining interior of the house 30'. The movement-restricted area 50 is isolated from the remaining interior of the house 30'. However, the environment in the movement- restricted area 50 is maintained under the same conditions as the interior of the house 30', and only the movement of the birds therebetween is limited. The movement- restricted area 50 is partitioned by a wire net or the like so that the interior of the movement-restricted area can be viewed from the remaining interior of the house 30'. Further, the volume of the movement-restricted area 50 is preferably about 1/5 to 1/2 times as large as that of the house 30'. It is also preferred that the number of individuals of birds in the movement-restricted area 50 be maintained in the same ratio as their volumes. At this time, a sex ratio of male to female in the movement- restricted area 50 is preferably set such that the number of the female birds is larger than that of the male birds.
Meanwhile, the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 provides a motive force for causing the birds in the system for the bird park according to the present invention to form a population. As one example, the sounds of the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 can be used as a homing signal. Hereinafter, the operations of the embodiments of the present invention constructed as such will be described in detail.
The present invention allows the spectators in the generally open viewing space
10 to mix with, feed and observe a lot of birds. To this end, specific kinds of birds are accommodated in the house 30. Generally, a few hundred to several thousand birds live in the house. Of course, the birds are ones to which a specific sound has been imprinted such that they move toward a source of the sound.
That is, if the spectators ring a bell of the imprinted-signal generator 12 in the viewing space 10, the birds move into the viewing space 10. Then, the birds are around the spectators and on hands, shoulders, heads and the like of the spectators, and eat the feeds supplied by the spectators in the viewing space 10. All the behaviors are imprinted behaviors that have been separately imprinted to the birds from youth. Here, the imprinting can be made to the respective birds, and young birds born by the imprinted mother birds also exhibit the same behaviors as the mother birds by learning the behaviors of the mother birds. Meanwhile, the homing signal is produced from the house 30 so that the birds can take rests periodically in the house. That is, relevant sounds of the birds are generated by the homing signal generator 37 so that the birds are caused to return back to the house 30. Of course, some of birds may voluntarily return back to the house 30 and then take rests therein. For instance, birds that sufficiently have eaten the feeds may return back to the house 30 in advance. Although it is possible to provide the homing signal using recorded sounds of the birds, the original sounds of the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 of the house 30' may be used as the homing signal. Namely, the microphone is installed in the movement-restricted area 50 of the house 30' and the original sounds inputted into the microphone are outputted directly through the speaker so that the birds out of he house can be caused to return back to the house 30' .
Then, if the spectators ring the bell again, the birds move into the viewing space
10 where the bell sound is produced, and exhibit the imprinted behaviors. Meanwhile, although the bell of the imprinted-signal generator 12 may be freely rung by the spectators, it is preferred that the signals be periodically generated at predetermined timing for ensuring emotional stabilization and health of the birds. In the meantime, the house 30 is constructed such that the entire outer wall thereof can be opened. The outer wall is opened before the generation of the imprinted signal. At this time, only some portions of the outer wall may be opened depending on daily climate conditions. When the outer wall of the house 30 is opened in such a way, the birds can move into the viewing space 10 in accordance with the imprinted signal. In the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the entrances 31 of the house 30' are opened.
Here, the interior of the house 30 is kept at the temperature, humidity and illuminance suitable for inhabitation of the birds. This plays a very important part in causing the birds to certainly home to the house 30 since the system for the bird park of the present invention is constructed such that the birds can freely move between the open viewing space 10 and the house 30. That is, the environment in the house 30 for inhabitation of the birds is made to be better than any other places in the vicinity of the house so that the birds can return to the house 30 from the viewing space 10 or the places around the house.
To this end, the temperature and humidity in the house 30 are maintained by the air conditioner, and the humidifier and the dehumidifier, respectively. The interior of the house 30 is also illuminated to be similar to a natural state as much as possible by means of the lighting apparatus and the structure for natural lighting. Further, the nests 31 and the perches 32 are provided with the separate temperature maintaining apparatuses to meet temperature requirements of themselves and keep themselves at constant temperatures.
With the water flow apparatus 35, the water flows continuously in the house 30 and thus the birds can take the water. Moreover, the floor of the house 30 is paved with the soil mixed with the sand so as to provide components required for digestive processes of the birds. The soil is renewed once every predetermined period of time.
Meanwhile, it is necessary to maintain the sex ratio of male to female within the house 30 to a certain extent. That is, the number of the female birds is kept relatively larger than that of male birds in order to prevent the males from escaping toward the other places and to simultaneously cause their population of the house 30 to be continuously maintained through proper breeding.
The illumination lamps 16 can be used for causing the birds, which are out of the house 30, to return to the house 30 at sunset. That is, when the sun is about to set, all the illumination lamps 16 are turned on. Then, the illumination lamps 16 are sequentially turned off at predetermined intervals from illumination lamps 16 farthest away from the house 30, so that the birds can be caused to gradually move toward bright areas and finally return to the house 30.
Further, the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 within the house 30' serve to cause the birds that are out of the house 30' to return to the house 30' . Namely, the birds living in the movement-restricted area 50 become a basis for population maintenance of all the birds in the house 30'. For example, the sounds of the birds in the movement-restricted area 50 can be used as the homing signal to cause the birds, which have been out of the house 30', to home or return to the house 30' so that the population can be maintained in the house 30'.
Industrial Applicability
According to the system and control method for the bird park of the present invention described in detail above, there is an advantage in that the spectators can mix with, feed and observe a lot of birds in the open viewing space.

Claims

1. A system for a bird park, comprising: a viewing space through which spectators stroll; a house which is installed at a position adjacent to the viewing space, provides a space having nests and perches for allowing birds exhibiting behaviors imprinted thereto through imprinting activities to live in the space of the house, and is constructed to allow the birds to move between the viewing space and the space of the house; an imprinted-signal generator installed in the viewing space for generating an imprinted signal so that the birds are caused to move into the viewing space by means of imprinting and to exhibit the imprinted behaviors; and a homing signal generator installed in the house for generating a homing signal so that the birds existing in the viewing space are caused to return back to the house.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sex ratio of male to female of the birds is set such that the number of the female birds is relatively larger than that of the male birds.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein an entire outer wall of the house is constructed to be openable and thus can be selectively opened and closed depending on climate conditions including the direction of a wind.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the interior of the house, the nests and the perches are further provided with temperature, humidity and illuminance maintaining apparatuses for keeping optimal temperature, humidity and illuminance conditions suitable for inhabitation of the respective birds, respectively.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the number of the nests is larger than that of female birds.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 5, wherein the floor of the house is paved with sand, and the house further includes a water flow apparatus for supplying flowing water at a side thereof so that the birds can take the water.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 5, wherein the homing signal generator generates a sound of relevant birds living in the house in such a manner that a recorded sound of the birds is reproduced toward the exterior of the house.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 5, wherein a movement-restricted area is additionally formed in the house, and birds that live in the movement-restricted area and exhibit the imprinted behaviors are prevented from moving to the outside thereof
9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the homing signal generator generates a sound of relevant birds living in the house, and includes a microphone and a speaker for receiving, amplifying and outputting the sound of the birds living in the movement-restricted area of the house.
10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the volume of the movement- restricted area is about 1/5 to 1/2 times as large as that of the house.
11. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 10, wherein the viewing space is an open space, and includes a plurality of perches on which the birds can be.
12. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 11, wherein trees are further provided around and within the house.
13. The system as claimed in claim 1 or 11, wherein illumination lamps are installed at positions in the viewing space away from the house by respective predetermined radii.
14. A method of controlling a system for a bird park in which birds capable of exhibiting imprinted behaviors are caused to exhibit the imprinted behaviors by providing the birds with imprinted signals from a house having an environment suitable for inhabitation of the birds and from a viewing space adjacent to the house, comprising the steps of: generating the imprinted signal for causing the birds to exhibit the imprinted behaviors from the viewing space; providing imprinted conditions to the birds that have moved from the house to the viewing space in response to the imprinted signal generated from the viewing space; and generating a homing signal from the interior of the house so that the birds return back to the house, wherein the steps are performed repeatedly.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the step of controlling the temperature, humidity and illuminance in the house to meet living habits of the birds.
16. The method as claimed in claim 14 or 15, wherein the birds existing in the viewing space are caused to return back to the house at night by darkening the viewing space sequentially from a position relatively far away from the house.
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