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 will always remember riding in my dad’s fire engine red 1988 Dodge Ram down a country road toward my grandmother’s house. This was a narrow track surrounded on both sides by tall, ready-to-harvest corn. All of a sudden, a red streak out of the fields turned into a red explosion complete with a burst of red feathers and dripping red blood on the windshield. Turns out the ram hood ornament had struck a cardinal mid-flight. It was spectacular.
I will always remember riding in my dad’s fire engine red 1988 Dodge Ram down a country road toward my grandmother’s house. This was a narrow track surrounded on both sides by tall, ready-to-harvest corn. All of a sudden, a red streak out of the fields turned into a red explosion complete with a burst of red feathers and dripping red blood on the windshield. Turns out the ram hood ornament had struck a cardinal mid-flight. It was spectacular.
Iv def hit a few birds living in a wooded rural area. As many have said, probably carried off my other animals for the most part.
Iv def hit a few birds living in a wooded rural area. As many have said, probably carried off my other animals for the most part.
I quibble with the premise, birds definitely get hit. The real question is, why TF do they choose to fly so close to cars in the first place? A mere couple of feet more altitude and the problem goes away.
I quibble with the premise, birds definitely get hit. The real question is, why TF do they choose to fly so close to cars in the first place? A mere couple of feet more altitude and the problem goes away.
they absolutely do get ran over.
my sister even saw a pidgeon get run over by a tram (tho i guess that one was exceptionally stupid)
tho they avoid cars just like they would avoid an animal.
and after decades of cars, they trough natural selection adapted to living with cars. birds that got hit and died didnt reproduce, so the birds that learnt to avoid cars survived.
they absolutely do get ran over.
my sister even saw a pidgeon get run over by a tram (tho i guess that one was exceptionally stupid)
tho they avoid cars just like they would avoid an animal.
and after decades of cars, they trough natural selection adapted to living with cars. birds that got hit and died didnt reproduce, so the birds that learnt to avoid cars survived.
The one I hit at 90 mph wasn’t very good at dodging.
Most birds don’t t get hit because they move very quickly and are tiny targets so less chance of hitting them. Unlike land animals they can move in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 so there are more paths for them to escape.
The one I hit at 90 mph wasn’t very good at dodging.
Most birds don’t t get hit because they move very quickly and are tiny targets so less chance of hitting them. Unlike land animals they can move in 3 dimensions instead of just 2 so there are more paths for them to escape.
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