On 03/08/13 10:04, Elizabeth Compston wrote:
I am getting old, Philip,and I did not check that email before sending it off.
I made a mistake, not to the pilot but to the chat line. I did not mean
300,000ft, but 30,000ft
Article on migratory bird flight altitudes here:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/altitude.htm
In 1973 a commercial airliner over the Ivory Coast reported colliding
with a vulture at 37000ft.
The BBC series "EarthFlight" has some great footage of Demoiselle Cranes
migrating across the Himalaya.
Nick
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