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@Kidneys
That's creative, but it's not really how the bird is designed to fly. A pigeon or a cockatoo would have also caught the guy within 5 seconds.
Also, the bird isn't really 'hunting' and hardly even chasing, it's just trying to remove the bait from the helmet, which it can't, since it's tied down. It bails at the last second on each approach since it can't risk damaging itself.
If the situation were made to exhibit the birds actual ability, the guy wouldn't see the bird anywhere, would put his helmet on, hear a slight whistling sound, then have his head smashed clean off by an animal doing 190mph +.
They're amazing creatures, I don't think this really does them any justice.
/raptor pedant
/csb
/tldr