How do birds accurately predict the path of vehicles?

Question

I see crows and magpies on the road all the time. Vehicles coming at them at 60km/h in a curve. The bird can skip 10cm in one direction to avoid the trajectory of the vehicle. How do they manage that? You rarely see avian roadkill.

In: Biology

Answer 1

The same way we do, by insticts and experience. Crows and magpies are pretty smart too, so they would be able to recognize vehicle patterns better. Birds do get hit by vehicles still.