Bill & Sue Harrelson and others interested in information about bird strikes,

 

It struck me that the stack of old magazines in my AOPA Pilot reading room was getting a bit deep.  Working near the bottom of the stack, I came across an August 2005 issue (Honda Jet on the cover) with an article entitled "Bird Strike!" by Alton K. Marsh (interesting last name for someone writing about birds).  The essence of it was that generally below 500 AGL, birds tend to avoid a collision by climbing and above 500 AGL they tend to dive.

 

The article contained a great diagram, statistical strike info and some ugly pictures - unfortunately, the back issue article online contains no pictures.  Anyway, if you are interested take a read at: