"Swarm" of Seagulls @ 9500

[SmilingJack]

Originally Posted by turbo

were you on flight following? ATC might of been able to see them on radar or had someone report on them. it was your lucky day. birds are my biggest concern.

Growing up in the 80's when ATC tells me to look for a flock of seagulls....

This is what I start to look for

http://youtu.be/KtUsPWn7zgg

[David-aviator]

Originally Posted by SmilingJack

Growing up in the 80's when ATC tells me to look for a flock of seagulls....

This is what I start to look for

http://youtu.be/KtUsPWn7zgg

Great music I suppose - wonder if it would have been born without drugs on the scene. Certainly was a factor with musicians like Elvis and Cash and Joplin.

A friend flew into several ducks at 9000' recently with his Bonanza. The aircraft has been in a shop for some time with the repair bill at over $50,000.

The Bonanza is tough, built like a tank; the light weight RV might not have faired so well.

Aviators must be constantly vigilant. The enemy is ever present especially on bright sunny days.

[Toobuilder]

Originally Posted by turbo

were you on flight following? ATC might of been able to see them on radar or had someone report on them. it was your lucky day. birds are my biggest concern.

This was one of the few times I've taken a trip of this distance without ATC. I was solo, and the weather was great... Come to think of it, I never even saw another airplane.

Birds are quickly becoming one of my biggest concerns. Especially after dodging all those giant buzzard things down in Florida a few months ago. Like I said, this was a new one for me. I was just over Twentynine Palms - the closest body of water was the Salton Sea, 35 miles away. It's not like I was buzzing over a fleet of shrimp boats at mast height. I've never even seen "A" seagull at 9,500, let alone a whole swarm.

[bruceg]

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report/cave...l?formType=atc

[Cajun98]

Was flying with a student last weekend near KGJT and encountered several large flocks of sandhill cranes. There were several hundred in each flock and they were circling in the thermals. Those are some BIG birds!!

[IFlySlow]

Originally Posted by SmilingJack

Growing up in the 80's when ATC tells me to look for a flock of seagulls....

This is what I start to look for

http://youtu.be/KtUsPWn7zgg

Surprised it took so long for that link to show up

[edneff]

not sure if this is true, but a CFI told me once that when you see birds, PULL because they tend to dive if they see a collision coming...

[scard]

Originally Posted by edneff

not sure if this is true, but a CFI told me once that when you see birds, PULL because they tend to dive if they see a collision coming...

Certainly true. You'll prove it to yourself with some more time in the seat.

[SHIPCHIEF]

You gotta get those terms right:
It's a:
Screech of Gulls
Cloud of Bats (+1 Scott Card!)
Flock of Ducks
Convocation of Eagles
Murder of Crows
Seige of Cranes
Wake of Buzzards
Tease of Thorps (that's a new one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXadlcLBEg
?????? of RV's? (we gotta get something going here before someone assigns us an uncomplimentary one!)

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by SHIPCHIEF

You gotta get those terms right:
It's a:
Screech of Gulls
Cloud of Bats (+1 Scott Card!)
Flock of Ducks
Convocation of Eagles
Murder of Crows
Seige of Cranes
Wake of Buzzards
Tease of Thorps (that's a new one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDXadlcLBEg
?????? of RV's? (we gotta get something going here before someone assigns us an uncomplimentary one!)

Herd of geese