Got the bird last night

[TheIglu]

Riding along after having to go back to work after a power outage. Just past dusk. A bird, probably a grouse or pheasant, takes flight as I ride by it and flies straight into my path. All I had time to do was duck (pretty sure it wasn't a duck though).

WHACK.

Square in the shoulder. Felt like I got punched with two chicken breasts.

Looked back, didn't see the little guy, hope he made it ok.

[snowborder]

I can relate, I hit a crow at 75.... took the wind out of me for sec... right in the helmet amd neck...

[virtualbong]

Damn, I almost got nailed by a bird yesterday too. I swear those fockers are trying to be dare devils but end up miscalculating their flight skills.

[SRTie4k]

Damn, I almost got nailed by a bird yesterday too. I swear those fockers are trying to be dare devils but end up miscalculating their flight skills.

Robins are notorious for that. My dad used to drive a 300C, two of them flew right into the huge grille within 1 minute of each other.

[ilikenapalm]

Took a robin to the face last year at about 90 mph.

Blew off my visor and splattered blood all over the tank and mirror. Brand new helmet, first ride on a new to me bike. Not exactly the best sign to get if you're superstitious.

[DucDave]

YouTube - ‪Alfred Hitchcock's"The Birds" in 1 minute, and 40 seconds.‬‏

[FriskyDingo]

A bird, probably a grouse or pheasant, takes flight as I ride by it and flies straight into my path.

same deal last saturday in CT, coming around a turn I catch something out of the corner of my eye moving, next thing I know a turkey vulture take flights same direction I'm moving. As I saw his tail feathers closing in on my face I put my left hand up and "pushed" him off to the side.

scary shit, thing was probably 20 pounds

[Rossco]

Haven't you heard, Clayton?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

[ThisBitch]

When I worked at Fidelity in Merrimack, they had an insane Canadian goose population and I took a goose to the chest at about 40 one day. Knocked the wind out of me and almost made me crash.

[breakdirt916]

did ya flip off the little avian shit?

[Rossco]

When I worked at Fidelity in Merrimack, they had an insane Canadian goose population and I took a goose to the chest at about 40 one day. Knocked the wind out of me and almost made me crash.

Good thing ya got good airbags.

did ya flip off the little avian shit?

You mean give the bird to the bird?

[ThisBitch]

Good thing ya got good airbags.

This was before the airbags and I'd rather fracture a rib than pop a tittie, that's an expensive fix.

[DuncanMoto]

Took a robin to the face last year at about 90 mph.

Blew off my visor and splattered blood all over the tank and mirror. Brand new helmet, first ride on a new to me bike. Not exactly the best sign to get if you're superstitious.

Those birds are just going way too fast. It's dangerous for all of us and they need to be stopped.