Big birds!

[Plainsman]

Just curious, has anyone had their drone attacked by a large hawk or eagle? We have really big Redtails here. Also Goldens and Balds. Goldens will take lambs and small antelope so why not a Mavic? Don't reckon they taste very good though.

 

[Skywatcher2001]

Don't reckon they taste very good though.

No, I imagine not. I get hawks where I fly in Southern California. No attacks (yet) but as apex predators they let their presence be known. They have followed me down to ground level just inspecting my bird. She's a canary yellow (my M2P) so I think she's attractive in that aspect . . . I must have gotten too close to her nest. This was just posted just yesterday. . .

Birds of Prey

A friend flying his drone was confronted by this. It didn't attack but I wouldn't have enjoyed the dilemma.

mavicpilots.com

 

[Smokieflies]

I have had them fly close, but never attack. Scared me though. I shot straight up to get out of their way and then landed the drone.

 

[PoonDog]

I have been harrased by humming birds. This time of year we have hundreds of Eagles following the salmon spawn in our local rivers. I had planed to go upstream and get som pictures however I decided that it would not be the best of ideas. I would fear the loss of my MA or worse yet the injury of an Eagle.. SLR will do ok , boring, but ok.

 

[nafisgal]

Here in Spain / Europe we have a very varied fauna and sometimes they are very curious with our drones ... We solve it with vinyl "anti-birds" .. You can see some example in this local distributor ...
https: // www. mavicskins.com/no-birds-allowed/
I guess there will be some in your area ...
No birds allowed