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Watch out for low flying birds!
I guess airplanes are not the only victims of birdstrikes! Knocked the insert right out of my grille. Dove at 75mph!
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05-12-2006, 10:28 AM
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I clipped a quail a while back with my VW bus @ approx 30mph. Natural selection really works!
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05-12-2006, 10:31 AM
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Bet you could sell that bird on E-bay...
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05-12-2006, 10:55 AM
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05-12-2006, 11:13 AM
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canna change law physics
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My boss from about 20 years back hit a goose with his Ford Taurus while going 65-70 mph. He really tore up the "grill"/front of the car.
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I came around a corner one day on one of my Harleys at about 70 mph. Caught a crow with my right knee as he was scrambling to take off from peeling a dead squirrel off the road. That smarts.
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05-12-2006, 11:19 AM
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Almost got a wild turkey on my hood one day... unfortunately, my little wimpy mazda pickup couldn't accelerate quite fast enough to catch him...
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05-12-2006, 11:20 AM
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Ah, birdstrikes!
  
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05-12-2006, 11:21 AM
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Simple suicide. Some birds figure it better than getting shot or eaten alive by a predator.
Or maybe his woman just left him for a fancier male. Who knows.
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05-12-2006, 12:02 PM
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Im sure the bird just wanted to see if it was a Hemi
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05-12-2006, 12:21 PM
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15 min of fame.... those birds wanted to be the fastest moving birds, even if only posthmously
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05-12-2006, 12:29 PM
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