Was driving home from work tonight about 1830 and a pigeon flew in front of me as I was doing about 80. Now the funny thing is, I saw him and slowed. He then turned to fly directly in front of my car heading in the same direction as me. Now a pigeon can't fly at 70mph and so I curiously watched him racing for his life away from me until I suddenly realised I was gaining on him at a rate of about 30mph. It wasn't until I realised I had my skyroof open (the thought of pidgeon gubbins all over the back seat) that I decided to check my rear view mirror again and nail the brakes. Just in the nick of time, the poor bleeder bounced off the roof pillar. I rekon the impact was probably about 10mph difference by the time I slowed. Enough not to damage my car, but I rekon enough to feed a fox for the night.