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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All cars dead stopped in traffic once. This bird careened into a windshield so hard it bounced off into another car. Dead as fuck after that.
All cars dead stopped in traffic once. This bird careened into a windshield so hard it bounced off into another car. Dead as fuck after that.
Their bones are hollow and they are extremely lightweight. Smaller birds are more or less obliterated when they are hit by a car. There’s nothing left to see but feathers.
I’ve only hit a few birds in decades of driving but each time was the same: a poof and then I look behind me and there’s nothing to see. Maybe a bit of “dust” on the car where the impact was.
Their bones are hollow and they are extremely lightweight. Smaller birds are more or less obliterated when they are hit by a car. There’s nothing left to see but feathers.
I’ve only hit a few birds in decades of driving but each time was the same: a poof and then I look behind me and there’s nothing to see. Maybe a bit of “dust” on the car where the impact was.
It’s also tend to have a better chance of riding the bow wave over the car, especially if they’re in flight already.
They sometimes get the plus side of delta-p
It’s also tend to have a better chance of riding the bow wave over the car, especially if they’re in flight already.
They sometimes get the plus side of delta-p
It’s a speed thing. Once you start going over 130kmh you start hitting a lot more birds. Just my experience from travelling around the province for work.
It’s a speed thing. Once you start going over 130kmh you start hitting a lot more birds. Just my experience from travelling around the province for work.
A bird of prey focuses in on its target and dives. Hawks, for example. They sit on a streetlight, see their meal across the freeway in the median, and dive for it. Unfortunately they don’t see the 70mph semi because they are so focused on their prey.
Smaller birds are more nimble, but do get hit. I’ve seen mocking birds swoop in front of speeding cars get taken out. I’ve also had small birds hit the side of my car. What I don’t know is if they are playing their own version of chicken with other birds to see how close they can cut it without splattering.
A bird of prey focuses in on its target and dives. Hawks, for example. They sit on a streetlight, see their meal across the freeway in the median, and dive for it. Unfortunately they don’t see the 70mph semi because they are so focused on their prey.
Smaller birds are more nimble, but do get hit. I’ve seen mocking birds swoop in front of speeding cars get taken out. I’ve also had small birds hit the side of my car. What I don’t know is if they are playing their own version of chicken with other birds to see how close they can cut it without splattering.
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