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Hattix t1_iyc44hf wrote

Reply to comment by ldhiddesorr in Owl left its imprint after crashing on a window at Newark Airport. by Jeronimoooooo

Look at the shape of the imprint. The bird (probably a pigeon) had seen the window and was slowing down to avoid it. The impact energy isn't concentrated on the head and there's a a much more dense dander trace of the body. This means the muscular body took most of the force, not the head.

I'd say that bird flew away.

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Hattix t1_iyc3xgm wrote

Reply to comment by Whydoyouhatefreedom in Owl left its imprint after crashing on a window at Newark Airport. by Jeronimoooooo

Yeah, came to say this. The dust is called dander, and pigeons have a lot of it. Owls not so much, they have some (it's basically the equivalent of human dead skin, tiny fragments of feathers) but not enough to leave this kind of impression.

Finally, that's definitely a pigeon tail, not an owl one.

In good news, it was a bird which saw the window and was trying to stop, so it didn't hit entirely with its head and it was slowing down. It'll probably be okay.

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