A FUN hobby I thought I'd share with you guys

[Swamp Critter]

One thing that's sort of amusing when flying these small rc planes is that birds sometimes try to "attack" them in the air. And for some reason, the small birds seem to be the most aggressive. One morning last summer I took my plane out to fly over a large open area, with grass about six inches to a foot high in some places. It was still early, no wind at all, very quiet. Perfect conditions. Flying about 50 or 60 feet off the ground, this small bird flew up to my plane chirping and tweeting like crazy. Next thing I knew there was two, three, and in no time it was something like ten to fifteen of them all trying to peck at my plane. The only way I got rid of them was putting it in a quick little dive, then a loop. That made them scatter, at least temporarily. They came back, but seemed to lose interest after I got it away from the field. I guess they figured it was some weird looking yellow bird intruding on their turf, and they were probably satisfied they'd showed it how "fierce" they were and ran it off.