Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 20, 2024

Angry Birds Take on Drones at New York City Beach

New York Times  reports

American Oystercatchers are attacking drones that have been deployed to scan for sharks and swimmers in distress.

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.

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