Crossposted from the other site:

Did a 600ft S in Europe with Uncle Charlie two nights ago. Awesome object. I went to land near a light and a large bird flew out from a tree and I felt it hit my canopy. Very cool... the light made the wings glow.

As soon as I landed, I backed into the shadows and began stashing my junk. I had about half the canopy in the bag when it started to shake and I noticed a wing sticking out! The bird was INSIDE my canopy!

I ran over to UC and told him, "There's an owl in my canopy!" We began working on extracting the bird and found that it was actually a hawk, and a large one at that. After quite a bit of fumbling, getting nipped at, and having holes poked in my canopy, the bird was free. Rather than fly off, he just sat on my canopy for awhile and stared at us, giving us a rather dirty look. He eventually spread his wings and flew away unharmed.

My canopy got a few pinholes in the rib of the third cell from the left. It is packed up and ready to go (after thorough inspection).

So, there, I truly am a Bird Man. The wingsuit jumps were nice, too. If I can catch a bird in my canopy from each object, I will began handing out Birdcatcher BASE cards.