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October 9th 12, 06:03 PM
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Flying with hawks
On Oct 9, 12:39*pm, Ernst wrote:
Finally, have you ever met a Great Heron in a thermal? Last summer I saw one in 8,000 ft over Clinton Lake, KS. I thought they just do low level hops from pond to pond. Yes, I've seen them at cloud base and I've seen them ascend into cloud. A first for me last Friday: I shared rotor thermal with a bald eagle and (with about 98% confidence) saw the eagle enter the wave at around 6500'. Conditions were pretty light, maybe 15 kts of wind, light turbulence in the rotor. By the time I got well & truly established in the wave the bird was gone. The last I saw of him he was well above and I was only about 200" below the bottom of the wave. Evan Ludeman / T8 
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