Yesterday around 5pm I was taking a ride on a borrowed bike. I was cruising down a backroad when out of the corner of my eye I see a white and black blur. Given the speed I was traveling and the direction of the bird a collision was imminent. As soon as my brain said "Oh shit what is that!" the bird had plowed into my helmet right in front of my right eye. Had the shield been up or I had not been wearing a helmet I think I could have had a big problem. The woodpecker lay dead in the road and I escaped unscathed. Thank God for helmets! Anybody else hit a bird?