Not to get carried away on this topic, but I like to ride on narrow paved roadways that skirt through the large nearby fields. Large birds, cranes, are often in there feeding, especially just after the rice has been mowed. Riding a fixed gear, they often don't hear me coming, and I can already be on top of them before they realize the "foreign" presence. Beautiful to watch, and it's fun seeing the, "Hey, what's dat?" expression in their eyes.
Dennis Young Where people also say, "Hey, what's dat", when they see me in Hotaka, Japan