Long Beach - NY, bonus birds attacking drone
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DukeNukemNY
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First time out at Long Beach, NY, great beach and cool community.  As soon as I took off, no where near any birds, my MA2 was under attack.  I assume there was a nest nearby, maybe on one of the jettis, no idea, but I was only up in the air for 10-15 minutes.  You can see a few times in the video how close the birds got to the MA2.  Brought it back down and called it a day, still was able to capture some decent videos.

2021-5-17
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MisterFrag
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Seagulls are dumb and aggressive. I've seen videos of drones brought down by collisions with them, and the birds are bound to receive very nasty wounds as well.
2021-5-17
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DJI Stephen
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Hello there DukeNukemNY. Good day and thank you for posting this interesting video here at DJI Forum. Just a reminder that birds are part of our environment and I'm sure they're not familiar to the drones that is why they might react aggressively when they notice it. Thank you and please fly safe always.
2021-5-17
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DAFlys
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Gulls can be a real pain,   fun fact there are over 50 species of gull but none called seagull.
2021-5-17
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DukeNukemNY
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DAFlys Posted at 5-17 23:24
Gulls can be a real pain,   fun fact there are over 50 species of gull but none called seagull.

Yeah these were a bit different then the typical white seagull, these gulls had orange beaks.  It was pretty crazy, just glad they didn't fly into the drone.
2021-5-18
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Montfrooij
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Looks very nice!
2021-5-21
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