Those jolly wedge tail eagles think they own the sky, they seem to enjoy hovering on final parading their air superiority with pretention. If you look closely at their claws you can actually see two of them waving up and down at you in a victory sign.
More seriously, I have given headaches to pigeons and galahs. I narrowly avoided three pelicans in a Grob(hardly bigger than a pelican) who never realised the close encounter. I have also seen kamikase green budgies who are very active (during spring I think) in central Australia, they are attracted by propellers. I have had them repetively hitting the perspex of the stationary Baron, others trying to sit on the propeller...at idle RPM.
Now I have a question. If you are established on final at 400ft and you see birds ahead of your flight path, should you try to avoid them by evasive action at the expense of destabilising the appproach or should you continue on hoping that the birds will move? If anyone knows of any articles on that sort of situation I would appreciate a reference. Thanks
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