Birds kill themselves in all ways... It will be roughly a million years before
natural selection has selected birds that don't slam into windows and towers
and such... Interesting that this topic should come up - I was hit by a bird
this morning on the way to the office... Pitch black... I'm doing maybe 38-40
mph on a rural road... In the peripheral vision of my left eye I pick up
movement from the left and instantly there is a nearly deafening thud against
the upper door post that rocks a 5,000# truck... The dog had been sleeping
and he is up and scared to death it was that loud and that violent...
In after vision my brain says it was speckled grey as it flashed through the
reflected headlights off the pavement... I stop and get out and expect to see
damage, but the sheet metal and window looks ok in the flashlight... I turn
around and go back looking in the big ditch and out in the field for the
bird... I don't see it in the dark... It could have been a hawk but given the
solid impact I more suspect a turkey... Wonder why it was flying the blackness
and why it didn't avoid a white truck all lit up... I doubt it survived the
impact...
denny / k8do
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