Bird Attacks

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jamborigg Aug 2018 5:22pm, 26 Aug 2018 1,380 posts	0 jamborigg Wondering what if any thing's you can do to stop bird's attacks when out running. Feathered sort that is 😁 😁
larkim Aug 2018 5:31pm, 26 Aug 2018 5,424 posts	0 larkim Don't leave a sandwich on your head when you leave the house? (9 years of running, no bird attacks so I have no other useful advice!)
Nellers Aug 2018 5:35pm, 26 Aug 2018 33,023 posts	0 Nellers No idea. Ask Tippi Hedren.;-)
K5 Gus Aug 2018 5:48pm, 26 Aug 2018 2,681 posts	0 K5 Gus bonners had problems with seagulls back in 2016 and started a thread, might be some ideas in here fetcheveryone.com/forum__59197__1__how_do_fetchies_survive_seagull_breeding_season
Fitz Aug 2018 6:21pm, 26 Aug 2018 1,910 posts	0 Fitz A couple of summers ago one of my regular running routes took me past the domain of a decidedly dischuffed buzzard() which would do a few swoopy fly-bys VERY close to my head until I was well past whatever it was protecting - a nest, I assume. The only ways to deal with it were either to run elsewhere or to be ready for the little buzzard and try not to be freaked out by the dive-bombing. () I showed a video of a fly-by to someone who told me it was a buzzard, personally I wouldn't know my auk from my egret.
McGoohan Aug 2018 11:27pm, 26 Aug 2018 35,103 posts	0 McGoohan When will bird owners learn to keep their birds on a short leash?
tonyp2604 Jul 2019 10:57am, 1 Jul 2019 628 posts	0 tonyp2604 Out yesterday - got dive bombed by a buzzard several times over a stretch of about 200-300 metres of a tree-lined lane out in the sticks. I have run through there dozens of times previously with no trouble but I have heard reports of attacks at that location. Spooked me a bit. I ended up shouting and waving my arms around to put it off and picked up a stick just in case!
RunningRonnie Jul 2019 11:03am, 1 Jul 2019 1,605 posts	0 RunningRonnie Don't be a mouse/haddock.
Paul N Jul 2020 7:09pm, 2 Jul 2020 1,333 posts	0 Paul N Got dive bombed a couple of times by this guy this evening, came swooping down to about 6 - 10 feet above me. This was the only photo I got, does not do it justice, wing span of a couple of feet.
Derby Tup Jul 2020 7:11pm, 2 Jul 2020 43,914 posts	0 Derby Tup Looks like a buzzard