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Nearly taken out by a Hawk....a big one!
Cruising on a back road along the edge of a cornfield on this nice morning, the hawk must have been right at the edge of the cornfield grabbing up some breakfast but I didn't see him...yet! All of a sudden there was a large bird a couple feet away from my helmet, coming right at me. Luckily ducked low enough for him to barely clear my helmet.
Scared the ba-jeebus out of both of us! Pretty sure I heard him squawk 'asshole' as he went careening by!!
2017 Freewheeler
Billet Silver
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character....and it
may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals,cannot be a good man.
That was a close one Dan.
Glad to hear everyone is OK.
If you were on a 2 wheeler, you might of been tulip hunting
2012 Triglide Piaggio MP3 500 to get groceries 1991 FLHS as back up
"Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it !"
Tiffany, Olive, Daisy, “The Three Musketeers” together again.
I am just back from a ride with winds @ 24, gusting to 30. I’m on top of an overpass at 65mph and this lone pigeon is descending at 11:00 and flailing about. SMACK!
I guess he couldn’t handle the winds (against him) and the suction my trike created. Never could see in the mirrors where he went after impact - suspected he was tangled up in the trike....but luckily NOPE! Just a few feathers and some gray dust - no damage. Poor pigeon.
New course heading Mr. Sulu: ...2nd star to the right and straight on til morning...!!
Scooter and Sassi....2 furrever.
Had a hawk just about take my head off diving for prey in the tall grass on the shoulder of the road a few years ago.
I'm used to scanning the edge of the forest for deer, bear, dogs and small animals. It had never occurred to me to look up.
You don't quit riding because you get old.
You get old because you quit riding.
Mike & Shirley
Yep the side of the road is the Red tailed hawk's favorite feeding spot, The'll pick up road kill just like the turkey buzzards do....I had my run-in's with them a few times over the years....Originally Posted by dannymax
Cruising on a back road along the edge of a cornfield on this nice morning, the hawk must have been right at the edge of the cornfield grabbing up some breakfast but I didn't see him...yet! All of a sudden there was a large bird a couple feet away from my helmet, coming right at me. Luckily ducked low enough for him to barely clear my helmet.
Scared the ba-jeebus out of both of us! Pretty sure I heard him squawk 'asshole' as he went careening by!!
And as a side note...
If you do hit one take it home throw it on the barbecue ,And if you don't over cook it and you'll swear your eating Bald Eagle...
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
Yep the side of the road is the Red tailed hawk's favorite feeding spot, The'll pick up road kill just like the turkey buzzards do....I had my run-in's with them a few times over the years....
And as a side note...
If you do hit one take it home throw it on the barbecue ,And if you don't over cook it and you'll swear your eating Bald Eagle...
2017 Freewheeler
Billet Silver
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character....and it
may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals,cannot be a good man.
Aaah , finally Somthing that doesn’t taste like chicken 🐓Yep the side of the road is the Red tailed hawk's favorite feeding spot, The'll pick up road kill just like the turkey buzzards do....I had my run-in's with them a few times over the years....
And as a side note...
If you do hit one take it home throw it on the barbecue ,And if you don't over cook it and you'll swear your eating Bald Eagle...
2012 Triglide Piaggio MP3 500 to get groceries 1991 FLHS as back up
"Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it !"
Tiffany, Olive, Daisy, “The Three Musketeers” together again.
When someone says to me....Here try this it tastes just like Chicken....I tell them no thanks, I'll just stick with Chicken....And save you from doctoring up some strange meat.......
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
[QUOTE=rhino 2;597475 If you do hit one take it home throw it on the barbecue ,And if you don't over cook it and you'll swear your eating Bald Eagle...
Just a little less meat on its bones. In theory, right...
(Sorry for the thread hijack, Dan. Glad you're ok...)
Isn't it weird that in AMERICA, our flag and our culture offend so many people...but our benefits don't???
You might be thinking of California Condor.....
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
Wow, good you are OK
Nuff Said," Were Burnin Daylight, Lets Ride"(Sober 37 years)
Current ride : 2021 FREEWHEELER M8, oldest ride 1960 FL
My 06 Ultra got attacked by an Owl on the way to Mesquite one year, Trashed the right lower faring, the engine guard and a pair of underwear ...
Thanks everybody, it was over so quickly there really wasn't time to get very disturbed. Sure glad I didn't whack him tho, or vice versa, he was a pretty spectacular bird.
Animals have always been my downfall....back in the day I hit an eastern brush wolf up north in the Adirondacks, poor guy, I broke his back and had to put him down. Felt terrible about that.
2017 Freewheeler
Billet Silver
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character....and it
may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals,cannot be a good man.
I just took a bird of the side of my helmet about a week ago. Wasn't a hawk but scared the heck out of me just the same, never saw where he came from. I was fine but he didn't fare as well.
"No matter what you ride, give respect to get respect"
2016 Billet Silver/Black Tri Glide
Texas turkey buzzards will also scare the stuffing out of you! They will hop out of the roadway much of the time. Cars do not scare them.
“Come and Take It!” “Remember the Alamo!” “Remember Goliad!”
Coming home late one night just below Fairview Pass I had a big owl smack me in the helmet. No damage to me or the bike(on a 2 wheeler at the time) but it sure did in the owl.Glad you're ok. Bird stricks can be dangerous.
Happy TRAils/NSD
Paul
Just flip "The bird"
(Glad you are ok!...bird strikes are bad I hit a dove once with my Shovel E-Glide and it damaged my fairing... glad it was not my face)
He sure flipped me the bird!!Just flip "The bird"
(Glad you are ok!...bird strikes are bad I hit a dove once with my Shovel E-Glide and it damaged my fairing... glad it was not my face)
I had a small bird hit me on top of my helmet once, no damage other than the bird but I was really surprised at how hard he hit, it felt like someone whacked my helmet with a ballpeen hammer.
2017 Freewheeler
Billet Silver
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character....and it
may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals,cannot be a good man.
Good come back! This one made me laugh!
Ronnie
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