Mother Nature

Did Any Rockford Area Easter Egg Hunts Have One of These Guys Show Up?
Did Any Rockford Area Easter Egg Hunts Have One of These Guys Show Up?
Did Any Rockford Area Easter Egg Hunts Have One of These Guys Show Up?
Rockford has hosted hundreds and hundreds of Easter egg hunts over the years, from "The Undertaker" and his world-record setting amount of Easter eggs a few years ago, to church egg hunts, and the traditional backyard egg hunts. Occasionally, those egg-gathering parties have had to deal with Mother Nature--but usually in the form of rain.
Another Chapter of Mother Nature Hates Drones!
Another Chapter of Mother Nature Hates Drones!
Another Chapter of Mother Nature Hates Drones!
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a piece called "Mother Nature Just Doesn't Like Drones." In that piece, I included a video of a guy's quadcopter drone being attacked and knocked out of the sky by an angry hawk. Someone who read that piece then sent me a video of an angry ram head-butting another drone to the ground...
Mother Nature Just Doesn’t Like Drones
Mother Nature Just Doesn’t Like Drones
Mother Nature Just Doesn’t Like Drones
Christopher Schmidt has a quadcopter UAV, or drone, equipped with a GoPro camera. A few days ago, he was flying it over a beach when...well, I'll let him explain:   On Oct 8th, I was flying my quadcopter at Magazine Beach Park in Cambridge, when a hawk decided he wasn't too happy with my invasion of his airspace... As ...