Angry Birds! Really….
9 hours ago Kip Hansen 7 Comments
News Brief by Kip Hansen —July 16 2024
Briefly … the birds are ANGRY! They are attacking. They are mobbing. They are swooping. There have been “swarming incidents”.
This is not The Onion. This is serious. Here’s the latest from your ever-dependable New York Times: Angry Birds Take on Drones at New York City Beach. If you need verification, you can check-in with the Associated Press: On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers.
The scoop:
”One is a distinctive shorebird, slightly smaller than an average sea gull, with a bright orange bill that pries open clams, oysters and other shellfish. The other is a remote-controlled gadget with rotating blades.
In the skies above Rockaway Beach in Queens, bird and drone are not, it seems, coexisting in harmony.
Just as New Yorkers flock to the beach to escape the sweltering summer heat, American Oystercatchers have taken to attacking a fleet of drones deployed by city officials to scan for sharks and swimmers in distress.
The aerial conflict between animal and machine is raising concerns about the safety of the shorebirds, as they aggressively pursue the buzzing drones in defense of their nests, city officials and bird experts said.” [NY Times]
The AP confirms the aerial battles:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/angry-birds-really/
