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September 14th 06, 02:08 PM
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Birds at Altitude
What's the highest altitude that you ever saw a bird swoop past your plane?
The other day I was flying at 5000' MSL, over land that was mostly about 1000' (so 4000' AGL) and saw a flock of birds, hawks of some sort I think, one of which came close enough to make me quite nervous (although from the way he was flapping I think he was much more nervous than I was). I don't think I've ever seen birds above 3000' MSL / 2500' AGL or so before and I was pretty surprised... Do birds typically stay low, or have I just been lucky until now? 
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