Birds and aviation don’t exactly get along, with our giant planes giving any unfortunate birds sharing the skies nearby no chance of surviving an impact.

Bird strikes are actually a common occurrence and happen pretty much every day, and while most of the strikes happen without consequence (except to the birds of course), they can result in damage to the aircraft in a small percentage of cases. Sometimes bird strikes can even result in fatal accidents, 229 lives have been lost since 1988 due to planes and birds tangling with each other. Remember the US Airways plane that was heroically landed on the Hudson River in 2009? It was brought down by a double engine failure caused by multiple bird strikes.

Although we do love our feathered friends dearly, the further that they are kept away from us while we try to fly, the better for everyone involved!