It's been good to hear the various eagle stories. It begs a question
as to how high they actually go in thermals.
The highest I've actually seen an soaring bird was in a thermal at
around 10,000 feet near Farrell Flat many years ago when I was in one of
our Libelles. It wasn't a wedgetail but a much smaller bird. What it
was doing there at that height at about 1600 hours has puzzled me ever
since. It's possible that he/she had the same questions about me.
Hoinville relates a fascinating story in his book Halfway to Heaven
about an eagle that went quite some distance on a cross country with him.
We are privileged indeed to have these moments.
Terry
PS For anyone in Adelaide wondering whether it might be a good day, I
can report that the first Cu's were nicely established north east of
Clare at 0945 SA DST when I first looked. (Sorry, I can't make use of
them either :'( .)
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