Why are birds so good at avoiding getting hit by cars?

Question

There will be times I’m on normal roads or even driving fast on a highway and have had very close encounters with birds flying aross the front of my car.

I never see dead birds on the road so I just assume they have some kind of special airflow mechanism that allowed them to avoid accidents.

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I mean, the ones that weren’t good at it aren’t around anymore, so….

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I have definitely hit a bird with my car. Got lodged in the front grill and I basically had to pull it apart to get it out.