Thinking of altering my running routes due to an overly-aggressive bird.

HowardDean wrote:

Not far from my house, in the direction that most of my runs start, lives a little black devil bird. I'm no ornithologist, so I'm not sure of the species, maybe a grackle of some kind.

Anyway, the damned thing aggressively dive-bombs my head several times every time I run past its nesting place. What can I do about it? If I tried to shoot it, some bleeding hart liberal would probably turn me in (also this is a very suburban area) for animal cruelty.

If your only solution to the issue involves shooting something, liberals will not turn you in because they appreciate the Trump supporters and want you to put him in the general election. Dummies like you are our best friends right now.

Thanks for the election!

Might be worth $4 for a test run:

http://www.ultimate-paper-hats.com/owl-hat/

as stated above, probably a red winged blackbird, probably more aggressive during nesting season. wear a baseball hat because it could peck your head. don't wear bright red.

Checkmate wacko leftists!

You should just get one of Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats and wear it backwards while you run (so that the bird can read it.) Since the bird has in fact descended from dinosaurs, it will recognize you as one of its own, and allow you to jog by peacefully.

buy a BB gun, wait patiently and dispatch said bird.

Only at Letsrun.com can there be 2 separate threads on:

1) running problem question about an overly-aggressive bird.

2) running problem question about overly-aggressive geese.

They are also the most interesting threads here.

Does anyone think the threads should be merged now...or stay separate?

I have come to realize grackles only attacked when I wasn't looking so I drew some big eyes on the back of my hat and it worked.

They still may fly around but I no longer get the feathers scared out of me by a surprise attack to the back of my head.

Although it was a good fartlek workout trying to get away from them

Just buy a hawk.

You can't fight something that weighs less than a pound without using a gun? What kind of a wimp are you? Bring a net then squash it with your bear hands you pansy.

HowardDean wrote:

Not far from my house, in the direction that most of my runs start, lives a little black devil bird. I'm no ornithologist, so I'm not sure of the species, maybe a grackle of some kind.

Anyway, the damned thing aggressively dive-bombs my head several times every time I run past its nesting place. What can I do about it? If I tried to shoot it, some bleeding hart liberal would probably turn me in (also this is a very suburban area) for animal cruelty.

Hrmmmm... wrote:

You can't fight something that weighs less than a pound without using a gun? What kind of a wimp are you? Bring a net then squash it with your bear hands you pansy.

HowardDean wrote:

Not far from my house, in the direction that most of my runs start, lives a little black devil bird. I'm no ornithologist, so I'm not sure of the species, maybe a grackle of some kind.

Anyway, the damned thing aggressively dive-bombs my head several times every time I run past its nesting place. What can I do about it? If I tried to shoot it, some bleeding hart liberal would probably turn me in (also this is a very suburban area) for animal cruelty.

Would it be ok to use his "human" hands instead? I'm doubtful he has bear hands.

adaptive attire

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You haven't watched Swingers?

different perspective wrote:

Would it be ok to use his "human" hands instead? I'm doubtful he has bear hands.

Hrmmmm... wrote:

You can't fight something that weighs less than a pound without using a gun? What kind of a wimp are you? Bring a net then squash it with your bear hands you pansy.

HowardDean wrote:

Not far from my house, in the direction that most of my runs start, lives a little black devil bird. I'm no ornithologist, so I'm not sure of the species, maybe a grackle of some kind.

Anyway, the damned thing aggressively dive-bombs my head several times every time I run past its nesting place. What can I do about it? If I tried to shoot it, some bleeding hart liberal would probably turn me in (also this is a very suburban area) for animal cruelty.

Last time I checked I wasn't able to fly by flapping my arms. YMMV

You don't need to fly - you said so yourself that "the damned thing aggressively dive-bombs [your] head." Fish in a barrel.

fisky wrote:

You should be okay as long as it isn't saying, "Nevermore."

You think the OP is bright enough to get that reference?

U Asked For It wrote:

You can mount a stuffed owl on a hat and wear it.

Lmfao