My cousin in Phoenix had a crow on his fence that did the exact same thing last month, just a total blank stare for like two minutes straight. Tbh it stopped feeling like a bird and more like a security camera with feathers. I tried to shrug it off but now I notice how they never really land near the cell towers, only on the wires coming from them. Ngl, your footage thing would have freaked me out too.

Yeah @diana55, found one arcing behind the main bus last month.

Egg whites can work for a radiator because the heat cooks them into a seal. Gum in a machine is different, it just gets sticky and attracts more dust. That gunk can really mess up the moving parts over time.