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

Have you considered that you only notice the ones that fly in front of your car because you can see them and don’t notice all the ones flying over your car where you can’t see them? Explanations about being low to the ground to see the food and all that make sense, but there’s a lot of confirmation bias in this question.