Birds Birds Birds

bkushner · Dec 10, 2021

Rchawks · Dec 10, 2021

I love flying with the birds. Used to do it on the cliffs sloping.

VenomXts · Dec 10, 2021

That is definitely lot of birds, both them and you did great flying to get out of there. did they come in while you were already up?

BlairAir · Dec 11, 2021

Whoa. Was that the old HSMAASUP; "Hit Sport Mode and Ascend Straight Up Pronto" move? Nicely managed. I get stalked by Red Tailed Hawks a lot in North Carolina. They arrive in a large flock -called "kettles" - then roost in trees surrounding my entire flight area and communicate in croaking tones that sound like ravens. Intimidating to someone who has seen Hitchcock's The Birds, or even if you haven't!

Here they have up to almost 5 feet (141 cm) wingspan, can be 2 feet (65 cm) long and up to 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg). They leave my Autel alone - maybe the Orange color, but more likely the size. They stalk the Mini 2 /Air 2, but to date none have had contact, which would be a bad situation with the drone likely coming out the loser; not something I hope never to find out.

old man mavic · Dec 11, 2021

you certainly got a birds eye view

bkushner · Dec 11, 2021

VenomXts said:
That is definitely lot of birds, both them and you did great flying to get out of there. did they come in while you were already up?

There were packs of them in different sections. I was flying back to shore where I was standing and they came into that area.

bkushner · Dec 11, 2021

BlairAir said:
Whoa. Was that the old HSMAASUP; "Hit Sport Mode and Ascend Straight Up Pronto" move? Nicely managed. I get stalked by Red Tailed Hawks a lot in North Carolina. They arrive in a large flock -called "kettles" - then roost in trees surrounding my entire flight area and communicate in croaking tones that sound like ravens. Intimidating to someone who has seen Hitchcock's The Birds, or even if you haven't!

Here they have up to almost 5 feet (141 cm) wingspan, can be 2 feet (65 cm) long and up to 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg). They leave my Autel alone - maybe the Orange color, but more likely the size. They stalk the Mini 2 /Air 2, but to date none have had contact, which would be a bad situation with the drone likely coming out the loser; not something I hope never to find out.

I once had a Peregrine Falcon come and check me out...I flew under a bride and he lived on the bridge. I've flown there 1000 times and only saw him once. Otherwise the birds are no problem.

AVLJMA · Dec 11, 2021

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That is incredible! I couldn't stop watching it. So much to see, you can't take it all in on one viewing.

Dale D · Dec 11, 2021

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Hey BKushner!

No question that this video was for the birds. Just kidding, of course! Nice, but daring footage! I would have been really nervous up there with all of those thousands of obstacles flying my way.

Dale