Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:15:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.84] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1) with ESMTP id 2517540 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:11:10 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-001watacop0487.dialsprint.net ([63.187.193.233] helo=f3g6s4) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19mH8O-0003eC-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:11:09 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <007401c36034$cdc03ec0$e9c1bb3f@f3g6s4> Reply-To: "Dan Schaefer" From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: Re: LNC2 bird strike X-Original-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:17:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Rick Argent wrote: ...in the interest of bird safety, the Audubon folks should conduct pattern work training for their low flying friends... They're not ALL "low flying" friends. While negotiating some rather high ground in northern Nevada I was minding my own business at about 10,000 ft and came face to face with some kind of hawk who was ridge soaring on the upwind side of the mountain. We saw each other at about the same time and we both took evasive action - missed him by no more than a few feet off the right wing tip. He looked to be about 10 lbs (actually, at the time, he looked MUCH larger) and I hate to think what would have happened if I'd hit him! So, look for them at any altitude - some are really high flyers. Dan Schaefer