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Rastvögel

English translation: resting (migratory) birds

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German term or phrase:Rastvögel
English translation:resting (migratory) birds
Entered by: franglish

06:26 Jan 14, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / Ornithology
German term or phrase: Rastvögel
From a research work on an offshore wind project:

Das Vorkommen von Seevogelarten im Vorhabensgebiet kann mit den Ergebnissen der großräumigen Erfassungen (ESAS, MINOS) und der zwar kleinräumigen, dafür aber hochfrequent durchgeführten Schiffs- und Flugzeugzählungen für die Basisaufnahme des Projektes bewertet werden. In Ergänzung zu den Ergebnissen des ersten Untersuchungsjahres (UVS) wurden die Daten aus dem gesamten Zeitraum der Basisaufnahme (Abschlussbericht ..... Fachgutachten *Rastvögel*, 2006) in die Bewertung des Rastvogelvorkommens mit einbezogen
Jon Fedler
Local time: 00:37
resting birds/migratory birds
Explanation:
Public relation · Breeding and resting birds ... der Schaffung von Ruhezonen für Brut- und Rastvögel im Jahre 2003 eine Wegesperrung über eine Gesamtstrecke ...
www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/master/C11481956_N13647002_L20_D... - 50k

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resting birds, the corresponding numbers are. 25 out of 38 cases. ...... anlagen auf Rastvögel und Konsequen-. zen für EU-Vogelschutzgebiete. In ...
www.batsandwind.org/pdf/impacts on biodiversity of renewabl...

Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Biologie Englisch: englisch-deutsch, ... - Google Books Result
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franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 23:37
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5passage migrant birds
analytical (X)
5 +2bird(s) of passage
David Moore (X)
3 +1migratory birds
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
3resting birds/migratory birds
franglish
4 -1Sedentary birds
Jutta Wappel


Discussion entries: 2





  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
migratory birds


Explanation:
Rastvögel are those birds which literally "rast", i.e. stop for a break during migration


    Reference: http://www.naturzentrum-norddorf.de/kiek1/kiek1.html
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

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agree  Rebecca Garber
7 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
resting birds/migratory birds


Explanation:
Public relation · Breeding and resting birds ... der Schaffung von Ruhezonen für Brut- und Rastvögel im Jahre 2003 eine Wegesperrung über eine Gesamtstrecke ...
www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/master/C11481956_N13647002_L20_D... - 50k

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
resting birds, the corresponding numbers are. 25 out of 38 cases. ...... anlagen auf Rastvögel und Konsequen-. zen für EU-Vogelschutzgebiete. In ...
www.batsandwind.org/pdf/impacts on biodiversity of renewabl...

Langenscheidt Fachwörterbuch Biologie Englisch: englisch-deutsch, ... - Google Books Result

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think you are on the right track but it should be resting (migratory) birds to distinguish the term from Zugvogel. Would you agre to glossarize it in this wy? Regards Jon

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Sedentary birds


Explanation:
siehe Link

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-14 07:40:19 GMT)
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Sorry Jonathan - seems I mixed up all those different kinds of birds: I thought "Rastvögel" was the same as "Brutvögel", hence my suggestion "sedentary birds" - but they are not the same at all.
My mistake - please ignore my answer :-((


    Reference: http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/learn/migration/whichbirds/inde...
Jutta Wappel
Germany
Local time: 23:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: sedentary birds "rest" all their lives but Rastvögel "rest" when not migrating
29 mins
  -> you're right !
disagree  Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET: sedentary is virtually the opposite, they don't migrate at all
36 mins
  -> You're right, Lesley, I just realised my mistake
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bird(s) of passage


Explanation:
Google this with "ornithology", for over 3,000 hits - here's one:

Ornithological Research
Former ornithological activities of Wilfried Haas. ... and together with students I collected dying birds of passage, analysed their water- and fat- stores ...
www.biologie.uni-erlangen.de/parasit/contents/research/bird...

Google "passage migrant birds", and in the majority of cases, this term is split by either a full stop or a bracket.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 112

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  analytical (X): If you google for "passage migrant" bird, you get over 9000 hits, page after page without the term being split./Just look beyond the first two terms! My second hit 'birds of passage' is actually the term that you propose.
13 mins
  -> Your second "hit" looks like this: "Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies". Your term is common, in ornithological works. This is a report on wind-farms, if I mistake me not, and in the context, Jonathan will have to decide which to use
agree  Cetacea: That would work as well. It's either "bird of passage", "passage migrant", or "passage migratory bird".
3 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
passage migrant birds


Explanation:
'The birds are referred to as passage migrants in the regions where they occur for short durations between the origin and destination.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-14 07:33:04 GMT)
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or 'passage migratory birds'

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-01-14 08:19:09 GMT)
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More references:
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434948
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/spotted-redshank-tringa-erythro...

' Most are travellers and are either winter visitors (they nest elsewhere and winter here), Passage Migrants (they spend some time here in spring and again in late summer and autumn between their breeding and wintering places) or summer visitors (nesting here, then leaving for their wintering places when their young can fly).'
http://www.conservancy.co.uk/environment/birds.asp


analytical (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 23:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET: OK - this one's better than mine. This one's the right one!
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Lesley!
neutral  David Moore (X): BTW, add "ornithological" to your google, and the hit count falls dramatically, innit...
1 hr
  -> But that still leaves 2,230 hits! But as you said, it is the asker who decides which term best fits the context.
agree  Cetacea: But use either "passage migrants" or "passage migratory birds". http://tinyurl.com/9l6gh3
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cetacea!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): that is what I found, too!
4 hrs
  -> Danke, Harald!
agree  Emma Rault (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Emma!
agree  Gary Evans: I am using the same term: passage migrant birds
6 days
  -> Thanks, Gary for confirming (post-grading)!
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