Six Flags is for the Birds

Have you heard about the bird that collided recently with a 12-year-old passenger aboard Kingda Ka, one of the world's fastest coasters, at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey? The story has been making the rounds and even caught the attention of my colleague, Melissa Mayntz, About.com's Guide to Birding. As it turns out, the bird in question (or perhaps more accurately, the former bird in question) was a rock pigeon. The young boy suffered minor injuries; as for the pigeon, the only consolation is that he probably never knew what hit him.