[jeremysalwen]

What? How could you think this is remotely true. It's international news when a commercial aircraft crashes. Birds, not so much.

[floatingatoll]

Observer fallacy, though I’m kind of confused why I’ve never personally seen it happen. I’ve seem one window strike but never a ground strike.

[belorn]

If you want to observe birds there are some great nest cams all over the world.

The first days/weeks/months of flying is not perfect. A large predatory bird needs a lot of training and exercise. Wildlife rehabilitation is an other good source to hear about the work involved in getting wild birds to fly.