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Have not been flying much at night in the past few years. Tonight, a friend needed a ride. On right base to final to my home airport, I was looking toward the runway, heard a pop, looked forward and saw blood and feathers right in front of my face. Was about 1000 AGL. I have previously noticed some crazy swift type bird that seems to like to fly around at night, I suspect it was on e of these. Glad I did the thicker glass, not sure it would have come through either way, but still. There is no evidence of it hitting anything besides the windshield. I was at about 110mph at time. Photo attached...must have been a fairly small bird. Poor guy. While I recognize the higher risks in night flying, I thought bird strikes were not high on the list of things to happen. For those who fly at a lot at night, is this more common than I thought? As a side note, I often forget how peaceful night flying can be. On a smooth night I is like floating along in some strange time warp. It almost offsets the increased risk in case of a forced landing.
