Great session down on the texas gulf coast today , i tracked about 30 miles in under 3 and half hours.

only issue i had was hitting seagulls with my lines. hahaa
none of them were injured but they did do a few summer-salt spins mid air.

im gonna start clipping on neon orange tape on my out side lines.

Have to watch out for crows here - they keep trying to steal my kite-bag!!!

Haha that never happened to me but the seagulls have followed my kite like its the leader. Even when dipping the kite low.

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I've posted before about hitting a few terns in the arse to have them tumble and fly away harmlessly. It concerns me that someone might see this and complain. I will try to maneuver around them now or turn around when I see a flock.

Flying my 2m Beamer static at the fairgrounds, I looked up to see a turkey buzzard circling over, every now and then dropping down to get a closer look at this crazy flying, green and black "bird" .

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Originally posted by dgkid78 Haha that never happened to me but the seagulls have followed my kite like its the leader. Even when dipping the kite low.

now that sounds very cool, hope it happens to me someday.

search for parahawk videos on youtube sometime if you want to see folks flying hawks from paragliders...

I got OSPREYS at my spot. So far no probs. But if one of them was to have a go at my kite it would deystroy the kite. And they are not scared at all, merely curious so far.

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Some of the best times ive had golfing were shooting balls at the damn gulls... it is always soooooo satifying to hear that magical sweet spot PINK! noise, then look up to see a bird go down...

i know that sounds bad, but if you had to fight the bird s**t i have to to play a round, you'd get the same enjoyment...

I think if i nailed one with my lines i wouldnt be able to stop laughing...

The osprys tho.. thats scary, those are huge birds

I nailed one with lines flying my P4 15m static down in Saint Petes Beach.

it was pretty funny. I was standing there and a flock fighting over a little fish flew into the area I was at. there was 3 birds all contacting the fish and all 3 of them managed to smack square into my lines and the fish went plop in the sand. I thought it was pretty damn funny. they never did get the fish back after that

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Originally posted by Houston AirHead Great session down on the texas gulf coast today , i tracked about 30 miles in under 3 and half hours. only issue i had was hitting seagulls with my lines. hahaa none of them were injured but they did do a few summer-salt spins mid air. im gonna start clipping on neon orange tape on my out side lines.

just be glad we're not living in prehistoric times--those pteradactyls would of been a real b@#$h to kite around LOL--not to mention tyrannasaurus rex trying to eat your kite...........

Where I kite there is somewhere in the order of about 20 to 30 Osprey's on light wind days they seem to flock to my kite and try to work out how those big colourful birds stay in the air without flapping it's wings. I have had a few near mid air collisions with a few of the younger more curious ones. Then on days when there is a bit more wind they will either follow along behind the kite or try to race it.

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Originally posted by Goz Where I kite there is somewhere in the order of about 20 to 30 Osprey's on light wind days they seem to flock to my kite and try to work out how those big colourful birds stay in the air without flapping it's wings. I have had a few near mid air collisions with a few of the younger more curious ones. Then on days when there is a bit more wind they will either follow along behind the kite or try to race it.

wow... whereabouts is that?

Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia

Bottom end of the Great Barrier Reef

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

I hit one unintentionally 7 months ago and I managed to get it on film.
Now If I see one heading my way...I usually shake the kite to make some noise to scare it away.
it usually works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se39ARtC3nY

i tried that they are dumb here on the texas coast. must be all the pollutants in the water

There were so many Gulls at Rockaway this afternoon that it was more challenging NOT to hit one!

Sorry to get all serious here, but.... Besides kitebuggying, I also volunteer at Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on the north Oregon coast. Almost everyday they have birds (mostly seagulls, terns, cormorants, etc...) brought in with injuries that were sustained by people intentionally trying to hurt them! (mostly drivers) Most joint injuries to their wings (the kind kite lines can cause) are irrepairable. It doesn't kill them, but leaves them in excruciating pain. Most of those have to be euthanized.

Now whether you care about that or not, understand this. Willfully harming non-game wildlife is not only immoral, it's ILLEGAL!! There are people just looking for a reason to ban kitebuggiers from beaches, and guess what? You're giving em one!

Now if you hit one accidentally, and it's injured, Stop, and do something. Call a wildlife center, or park ranger. If you're own sense of right and wrong doesn't persuade you to do so, maybe the fact that someone else may be watching, will.

Share the space with birds. After all they kinda were there first.