Osprey too close!

pwmullins · Jul 27, 2019

Flying in our neighborhood in SE USA and was attacked by momma Osprey after flying over her nest. Close call. I don't do that anymore.

lightbg · Jul 27, 2019

Good thing it was that kind instead of this.......

Jake

Deleted member 3792 · Jul 27, 2019

lightbg said:
Good thing it was that kind instead of this.......

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Jake

The result may be the same, a dead drone.

Cyber3xpert · Jul 27, 2019

Dang! I was just flying yesterday and some barn swallows were diving at my Mavic Pro! Didn't touch it, but still was an attack. I actually got a video and while I was filming, one of them swoops by my drone. Gave me a scare, but it was fine. Was your drone ruined?

Skittles · Jul 27, 2019

You're not alone brother

gottahavit · Jul 27, 2019

I fly at sunset a lot and swallows are the worst, and they come in flocks of 100s.

krodgerson · Jul 28, 2019

pwmullins said:
Flying in our neighborhood in SE USA and was attacked by momma Osprey after flying over her nest. Close call. I don't do that anymore.View attachment 78391

Fab photo though. I have stuck wobbly eyes on my Mavic as a deterrent...or they mihht like it..who knows?

davery87 · Jul 28, 2019

Real life Angry Birds!

Ospreys are definitely territorial around their nest and don't care about the size of the airspace "offender" they go after: I have seen them gang up on bald eagles and almost always the eagle gives up and goes away in the direction they came from!

DDS · Jul 28, 2019

pwmullins said:
Flying in our neighborhood in SE USA and was attacked by momma Osprey after flying over her nest. Close call. I don't do that anymore.View attachment 78391

Great shot!
He was Aggressive
See below were I was the aggressor

Fresh Kill

Taken w/ a MP down by the jersey shore. Zoom in and u can see whatever is left of the bass i believe As far as the Bird I was told by one bird enthusiast is a Red Tailed Hawk, however another bird watcher told me it's an Osprey. Anyone know what bird this is?

mavicpilots.com

lightbg · Jul 28, 2019

These guys always circle and attack from behind. My Spark didn’t have a chance, so I went to sport mode, climbed, then landed.
Only saved the approach part:

Bandits at 11:00

bliksem · Jul 28, 2019

I've had a few bird encounters, hit Sport mode and go Up, then evade and land asap. They also tend to loose interest once you're low at about 10 to 15'

Reelman67 · Jul 28, 2019

gottahavit said:
I fly at sunset a lot and swallows are the worst, and they come in flocks of 100s.

I've experienced the same thing. So, tell me...the environmentalists have conned lawmakers everywhere into believing that drones are a threat to birds very existence. Seems the other way around. Birds are more of a threat to drones!

gottahavit said:
I fly at sunset a lot and swallows are the worst, and they come in flocks of 100s.

GGehret · Jul 28, 2019

gottahavit said:
I fly at sunset a lot and swallows are the worst, and they come in flocks of 100s.

I had a few swallows flying around my drone too last evening, but they were pretty much trying to avoid it as they would swoop out of the way if I came near them. I had my anti-collision lights on too. Maybe that helped deter them???

gottahavit · Jul 28, 2019

GGehret said:
I had a few swallows flying around my drone too last evening, but they were pretty much trying to avoid it as they would swoop out of the way if I came near them. I had my anti-collision lights on too. Maybe that helped deter them???

They usually seem more curious than threatening, but they follow the drone even up to 150 ft and last night they came down to within 20 ft of me as I was landing.

GFields · Jul 28, 2019

Made for a great photo

GGehret · Jul 28, 2019

gottahavit said:
They usually seem more curious than threatening, but they follow the drone even up to 150 ft and last night they came down to within 20 ft of me as I was landing.

That's pretty cool..it's good that that's all they did. Hopefully, that behavior won't worsen.

Eagle Jr · Aug 3, 2019

pwmullins said:
Flying in our neighborhood in SE USA and was attacked by momma Osprey after flying over her nest. Close call. I don't do that anymore.View attachment 78391

Incredible shot. We see lots of osprey at our place on Edisto. This looks familiar, where were you flying?

Hexagenia · Aug 3, 2019

I am a photographer who does imaging on flying birds (in addition to drone photography). The photo that was submitted was really fantastic. Great job.

Since there are generally comments about losing a drone after a bird encounter, I was wondering if there have been any incidents where the bird gets the worse of it (due to props). I know the props can do a number on your fingers, but couldn't they do a job on a bird's legs, especially if it is an eagle, hawk, or osprey that is attacking talons first?

pwmullins · Aug 3, 2019

Cyber3xpert said:
Dang! I was just flying yesterday and some barn swallows were diving at my Mavic Pro! Didn't touch it, but still was an attack. I actually got a video and while I was filming, one of them swoops by my drone. Gave me a scare, but it was fine. Was your drone ruined?

Didn't touch the drone