I also use the Osmo 3 with my iPhone 7+ and a similar heavy-duty case by Spigen which although setting me 50g over the payload limits, has yet to give me any problems. The Osmo is loads of fun: really a "thinking man's" selfie stick :)!
Wow - scary stuff. Never realised some birds can be so aggressive / suicidal!
I recall reading about an experiment done at an airport where they painted various images on boards and tried to see if they'll disuade birds. Most of them worked for a short while but then birds got used to them. The...
Nice! Reminds me of a very different experience I had with fog a long time ago... Back when FPV was all about fixed wing and when stabilisers only came in IR-sensing variety... Long story short... discovered that fog confuses the cr&^&p out of IR-based stabilisers... so spent 2 weeks looking for...
Hey, I was having the same issue and a bit of googling got me this which helped in my case:
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-make-sure-videos-I-upload-to-Facebook-remain-good-in-quality-given-that-Facebook-reduces-the-quality-badly
Check it out :)