Larry Dighera wrote:

From your bird-strike account, it would seem like the smart thing to
do when a bird-strick is imminent is to climb rather than dive.

One article I read last year (I believe it was in AOPA Pilot) said that
most birds dive when startled. One or two species (they were mentioned
in the article) don't do this, but I don't remember which. Maybe gulls.

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