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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jun 3, 2009
Description:
Ayuh, you sure got funny lookin' seagulls down heyah....
I've enjoyed watching these birds soaring effortlessly on the lift produced off of the high rise buildings on the beaches. They seem to go for miles without barely flapping a wing, only between buildings. Sometimes alone; other times in large flocks like this.
Why do they do this? They don't seem to be hunting or fishing, or going anywhere in particular. It seems they do this purely for the thrill of flight. I imagine some people would argue against this, saying birds aren't intelligent enough to enjoy flying. But it sure seems that way to me.
'Consider the odd-looking pelican;
its beak can hold more than its belly can.'
Date Taken:
Jun 3, 2009
Place Taken:
somewhere on Daytona Beach
Owner:
Mark MacKinnon
File Name:
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Category:
34, Florida Flying
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Ross Vining - Jun 04,2009
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I was on Kangaroo island off South Australia last month. It was late in the day and we had just watched <br />about a dozen Australian Pelicans being hand feed. They are a big bird, wing span of 6 feet and weigh 20-<br />25lbs. They had all eaten a lot of fish, I am sure they were well above MTOW. Once the fish had been <br />eaten they all took off and flew a short distance to where they could ride the ridge lift generated by a 200ft <br />ridge behind the beach. They would have been at about 500-700ft, just cruising up and own the beach, <br />never flapping, sometimes formating on each other, then swapping positions. They were not going <br />anywhere, they were not searching for food. I looked like they were just enjoying the final fly of the day <br />while they watched the sun set. <br />Ross Vining - Downunder in Adelaide Australia
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Jamie Dantalis - Jun 05,2009
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I've always said that kytes and eagles must be at times flying for pure enjoyment (and to mine for that matter) for I have many times been fortunate enough thermaling in a glider sharing the same thermal often <150' apart and > 5000' agl. It's an awsome sight to see a wedge tail eagle head tilted eyeballing you at the same level from across the thermal. I once also shared a thermal with two eagles in much the same mannor....wow!<br />A wedge tail eagle is one of the worlds largest eagles and to share the enjoyment of pure flight being only a hundred feet or so apart in their environment is a privilege experience.<br /><br />Ross, you looked the part on the TV news the other night!!
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Kenneth Leonard - Jun 05,2009
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In one of my earliest flights departing from my lake, as I was climbing above the trees (<100 agl) a Bald Eagle was wingtip to wingtip with me, head tilted eyeballing me from not 50' off my wing. I'll never forget it. It seemed so normal and reasonable that we should share our lake. Alas, he has not re-nested on our lake again although ospreys have.
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Tony Gugliuzza - Jun 05,2009
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I did some work on rooftops of the larger buildings on the coast of Myrtle beach last year.<br />When you stand on the ocean side and stick your hand over the edge, the constant blast of upward traveling air is incredible.<br />I loved to watch the birds ridge soaring all the way down the coast, going from building to building.
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