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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Birds see things at up to 120fps while humans see at 30-60fps. So basically, birds has more reaction time (think bullet time) than human
Birds see things at up to 120fps while humans see at 30-60fps. So basically, birds has more reaction time (think bullet time) than human
As an example a flock of cockatoos that are in the city will have grown up around cars and actively avoid them, mostly by flying a hit higher, you will still hit the occasional juvenile or one engaged in a fight. Country cockatoos rarely come across cars and when they do you’re usually going 100kph or more, they will make no attempt to avoid and end up on the windscreen with a puff off white dust.
As an example a flock of cockatoos that are in the city will have grown up around cars and actively avoid them, mostly by flying a hit higher, you will still hit the occasional juvenile or one engaged in a fight. Country cockatoos rarely come across cars and when they do you’re usually going 100kph or more, they will make no attempt to avoid and end up on the windscreen with a puff off white dust.
Birds see “faster” than humans do. A typical movie takes 24 images per second for a human to think it is moving. For a bird it takes around 120. Birds therefore see movement in much more detail, and can time their movement much better.
Granted, they’re still dumb af and will get hit by a truck if they’re not paying attention to it.
Birds see “faster” than humans do. A typical movie takes 24 images per second for a human to think it is moving. For a bird it takes around 120. Birds therefore see movement in much more detail, and can time their movement much better.
Granted, they’re still dumb af and will get hit by a truck if they’re not paying attention to it.
When I was a kid, I was with my dad who was driving a van. We hit the largest raven or something similiar. It surprised us, but my dad especially, because he hadn’t expected it to swoop in front of us. He stopped to pull it out of the grill but it wasn’t there. Wasn’t on the road, on top of the van, or inside the engine compartment either. He had no idea where it went. We definitely hit it, and the only thing we can think of was that it didn’t die, and was still somehow able to fly after falling to the ground. Sturdy birdy.
When I was a kid, I was with my dad who was driving a van. We hit the largest raven or something similiar. It surprised us, but my dad especially, because he hadn’t expected it to swoop in front of us. He stopped to pull it out of the grill but it wasn’t there. Wasn’t on the road, on top of the van, or inside the engine compartment either. He had no idea where it went. We definitely hit it, and the only thing we can think of was that it didn’t die, and was still somehow able to fly after falling to the ground. Sturdy birdy.
They’re not good at avoiding being hit. It’s especially a huge problem for owls. They fly low (looking for mice) over fields that are intersected by roads, especially when they are young and looking for their own territory. The [UK Barn Owl Trust](https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/hazards-solutions/barn-owls-major-roads/) says it is estimated that out of about 12,000 baby barn owls born each year, 3,000-5,000 of them are killed on roads!!!
There are easy ways to reduce the dangers for birds (tallied about in the link above), we just need these things to become standard practice in building roads.
They’re not good at avoiding being hit. It’s especially a huge problem for owls. They fly low (looking for mice) over fields that are intersected by roads, especially when they are young and looking for their own territory. The [UK Barn Owl Trust](https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/hazards-solutions/barn-owls-major-roads/) says it is estimated that out of about 12,000 baby barn owls born each year, 3,000-5,000 of them are killed on roads!!!
There are easy ways to reduce the dangers for birds (tallied about in the link above), we just need these things to become standard practice in building roads.
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