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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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
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.
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.
I couple of years ago I watched a German documentary about birds living near highways/autobahn and how their flight behaviour and even wings have physically adapted. Those who didn’t adapt died, it’s selection.
I couple of years ago I watched a German documentary about birds living near highways/autobahn and how their flight behaviour and even wings have physically adapted. Those who didn’t adapt died, it’s selection.
Most birds can sense shifts in pressure and wind, it allows them to adapt to wind and turbulence. Cars are very fast pockets of wind and pressure disturbance. A healthy fast bird can’t sort of predict where and how your car will move thanks to this and fly around it most times.
Most birds can sense shifts in pressure and wind, it allows them to adapt to wind and turbulence. Cars are very fast pockets of wind and pressure disturbance. A healthy fast bird can’t sort of predict where and how your car will move thanks to this and fly around it most times.
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