In Colombia you find a lot of these large Sh** hawks and often very high.
The rule that we always follow is to let them get out of your way they fly
better than you and they don't have noisy engines so they can hear you and
are perfectly capable of working out where you are going. If you start to
try and dodge them you end up in situation similar to that with an oncoming
pedestrian when you both go one way and then both go the other.
will
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Wigney
Sent: 17 June, 2012 08:51
Subject: Europa-List: Large birds?
Hi David,
I can endorse your conclusion regarding large birds. In my part of the
world, it is common to find large hawks
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up to many thousands of feet. I have learned never to fly under these birds
as they will close their wings and drop when they see a plane nearby. I
always fly round them or pull over them.
Cheers, John
N262WF, mono XS, 912S
Mooresville, North Carolina
ORIGINAL MESSAGE
.... Now when confronted with a large bird looking as though
it is coming through the screen I reckon the smart move is
to pull up, as birds are likely to dive in a panic
situation as their only means of rapidly gaining speed to
avoid a threat, but when it first happened I hesitated a
bit before turning right, wondering whether the bird knew
the rules of the air!
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