Birds are pretty much the thing that freak me out the most. Before I got my 107 and began flying I saw several of those "Bird Attacks Drone" videos on YouTube. Apparently I'm not the only one who is wary of birds. Even guys who don't fly recognize the threat. One of our Maintenance guys stopped by Dispatch to ask me if I was going to be flying that day and that he had seen a large hawk flying around near the hospital recently. Sure enough, the next day I was up on the roof doing my regular patrols when another officer came up to chat and watch me fly. After the whole "wow you can see for miles up here" chat he asked me why I was flying only on one side of the property and not the other. I pointed over my shoulder and said "See that big hawk?". He looked and sure enough the hawk mentioned by the Maintenance guy the previous day was circling and swooping around on the other side of the property. "Oh yeah," my buddy said, "I can't blame you then. He looks like he could eat your drone."
I stay well away from birds. I just don't trust them.