Thought you might enjoy these Air 2 drone clips from the Santa Cruz, California Wharf. I noticed that wherever I flew, seagulls swarmed the drone, it seemed in an attempt to scare it or I'm not sure why. At about 1:20 or so you can see the seagulls chasing the drone as it's executing a helix shot. It got me wondering if anyone has ever lost a drone due to an attack from a seagull? I've seen the eagles trained to take out drones!

The drone footage starts about half-way through the video at 1:05. Before that is non-drone video you can skip if you want, that I edited together from three other non-drone sources. This video was my first attempt at recording an adventure using four different recording devices: Air 2, plus phone, video glasses, and GoPro.


Hope you enjoy!

Nice footage!

Armando80 Posted at 3-16 10:20
Nice footage!

Thanks! It's one of the places where you can't take a bad video!

Nice video!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-16 12:09
Nice video!

Thank you!

Great footage.  

Dangerly Posted at 3-16 13:23
Thank you!

You're welcome!

Impressive footage.    Those gulls definitely seemed interested in your drone. I've had several gulls come after both my Mini and MA2 but fortunately I was able to fly away from them.  On a different occasion I had a hawk swoop down and try to grab my MA2 just as it was about to land but I was able to rocket straight up and avoid the capture.  Landed soon after and moved to a different location.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-17 06:33
Impressive footage.    Those gulls definitely seemed interested in your drone. I've had several gulls come after both my Mini and MA2 but fortunately I was able to fly away from them.  On a different occasion I had a hawk swoop down and try to grab my MA2 just as it was about to land but I was able to rocket straight up and avoid the capture.  Landed soon after and moved to a different location.

Thank you. I've had close calls with hawks too! I did the same thing - land and move somewhere else.

Dangerly Posted at 3-17 09:46
Thank you. I've had close calls with hawks too! I did the same thing - land and move somewhere else. https://youtu.be/JbwRE2I0aKo

You're very welcome.    Have a great day.