Must be a drone fetishism they have
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Those pigeons did not attack your drone â they were just flying-by.
I doubt that pigeons are inclined to attack a drone but if you are near and prefer to be cautious then I would do what I always do in the vicinity of birds â I fly upwardly as fast as possible as, in the main, birds are not able to fly upwardly as fast as the drone could (ie: 5 m/s for Mavic Air 2).
Birds normally attack intruders to their nesting place and period.
I can understand that a pigeon who had a bad day might attack your done if it comes near their nesting. Predatory birds are more likely to attack your aircraft though.
The gulls donât like my Mini 2, itâs courting time and itâs the sound that brings them out. Not sure theyâd attack it but if they happen to hit it, size & weight is on their side and damaged props could send it straight down.
i am at the seaside âŚi see the odd curious gull but they soon buzz off when they know its not edibleâŚ
They werenât just flying by they were encircling it. Just the same at home. They probably wonât attack it. But was does concern me is that they are so clumsy it only takes one to hit it accidentally and bang 
Hope your not going to shoot them?
I would say if the pigeon came close it would probably lose a foot or loads of feathers from its wing. Those props come very keen.
Iâm less than 200yds from the coast, they hate it. Tried to fly it at various points along the promenade, doesnât get better 
Only thing Iâve found they canât get their heads round is straight up in sports mode, seems to confuse them but they soon realise where itâs gone. Then I have to drop through them and they follow it to lower than roof height before giving up.
Iâm getting a catapult. 
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I live in a seaside town so seagulls could pose a problem (though wind tends to be the main reason not to fly). There is a nursing home behind my house and they tend to hang around the bins so dodging them could prove difficult. I was thinking of placing a couple of strips of hi-vis vinyl (red and/or yellow) on the front and legs of the Mini 2 in the hope that the brighter colours might prove to be a deterrent.
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Youâll have let us know how you go on 
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Theyâre probably colour blind 
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Shame theyâre sold out
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DOH!
lol
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