RE: [Paddlewise] Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground

From: Philip Torrens <skerries_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:57:50 PST
> > Can you describe what you saw the eagles doing? You may have been lucky
> > enough to witness some aerial courtship in which the eagles descend in
> > series of somersaults and sometimes lock talons. It's quite spectacular.
> > Karen
>
Any of the real "birders" on the list (I'm just a dabbler, as it were), want 
to confirm or correct my hazy memory:
I believe I remember reading somewhere that eagles (or it may have been some 
other birds of prey) not only court in the air but have been  known to 
consumate the courtship by flying up to maximum altitude, and achieving 
congress during freefall. Talk about your mile-high club. Makes using 
airplane washrooms seem really wimpy. So, true or flase? - perspiring minds 
want to know.

Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

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