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:

    The bird of Araby,
    That potentially
    May never die,
    John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)