Terry,
It's quite common to share thermals with swifts in England. They are taking
their pick of the insect food being brought up to them in the thermals. If they
disappear from view when you're climbing with them, then you can be sure that
they have moved to a stronger thermal nearby!
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Neumann
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Soaring with eagles
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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