Bird Shot

Bird shot can mean either:

  • Bird shot: An incident when a bird hits an aircraft.
  • Birdshot: A kind of shotgun shell.


Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or shot:

    They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: “You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.”
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

    In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)