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’ve hit a few. so, they’re not all good.
As an added bonus: As the car is moving it pushes in the front of it a “wave” of air. they can use that air to push themselves away from the vehicle while flying .
It’s like a little repulsion force field made of air.
I’ve hit a few. so, they’re not all good.
As an added bonus: As the car is moving it pushes in the front of it a “wave” of air. they can use that air to push themselves away from the vehicle while flying .
It’s like a little repulsion force field made of air.
You won’t find a lot of dead birds on the road because they are lightweight roadkill that will get taken by any carnivore, like a fox or a dog, to be eaten somewhere safer. You’ll probably just see the ones that got stuck in the asphalt by cars and such.
And I had hit a few birds due to speed, including one that got stuck (dead) inside the front of the car until I noticed it was there.
You won’t find a lot of dead birds on the road because they are lightweight roadkill that will get taken by any carnivore, like a fox or a dog, to be eaten somewhere safer. You’ll probably just see the ones that got stuck in the asphalt by cars and such.
And I had hit a few birds due to speed, including one that got stuck (dead) inside the front of the car until I noticed it was there.
According to the Audubon society, they aren’t. Seems they get hit by cars at a startling high rate.
https://www.audubon.org/news/hundreds-millions-birds-are-killed-annually-building-collisions
According to the Audubon society, they aren’t. Seems they get hit by cars at a startling high rate.
https://www.audubon.org/news/hundreds-millions-birds-are-killed-annually-building-collisions
Birds had about 100 generations to adapt to the new environment with cars. It’s common to say that it takes about 30 generations for an animal to adapt perfectly to a new environment.
In others terms, those who liked to play in front of cars never had a chance to reproduce. Slowly, only those afraid of cars are left and have children who are also afraid of cars. It’s called evolution.
We are seeing the same thing with deers but it take a lot longer to get to 100 generations.
Birds had about 100 generations to adapt to the new environment with cars. It’s common to say that it takes about 30 generations for an animal to adapt perfectly to a new environment.
In others terms, those who liked to play in front of cars never had a chance to reproduce. Slowly, only those afraid of cars are left and have children who are also afraid of cars. It’s called evolution.
We are seeing the same thing with deers but it take a lot longer to get to 100 generations.
I don’t think they’re very good at avoiding being hit. I’ve hit a total of four animals in 30+ years of driving. One was a deer, and the other three were birds.
I don’t think they’re very good at avoiding being hit. I’ve hit a total of four animals in 30+ years of driving. One was a deer, and the other three were birds.
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