Why do birds fly so low to the ground when crossing roads? Whenever I’m driving they fly right in front of my car when they could fly at any other height?

Question

Why do birds fly so low to the ground when crossing roads? Whenever I’m driving they fly right in front of my car when they could fly at any other height?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I think also they aren’t afraid of cars. If you throw an aerodynamic object (like a Frisbee) at a moving car it gets sucked into the slipstream and doesn’t make impact.

I think it might be the same for birds.

Very very happy to be corrected