Do birds fly in clouds ?
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Ruppels Vulture Gyps rueppellii holds the record for high flying - more than 37000ft. (Bird Migration By Thomas Alerstam, David A. Christie, Astrid Ulfstrand - Cambridge University Press)
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Interesting. How do they manage in icing conditions?
For normal icing conditions they use their feathers like boots on aircraft expanding and contracting the feathers to remove high levels of ice build ups.
Too severe and the ice build up on their backs and exposed surfaces becomes too much and they crash.
It really depends like aircraft on the specific bird type on how prone to icing they are.
Swans are notoriously bad as are ducks. Water based birds which have large swimming legs and webbed feet designed for water propulsion ice up badly.
Water landings in such a situation have caused many problems with the birds unable to extend their legs for landing with fatal consequences.
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Scooter Boy wrote
Damn these birds. When will they stop flouting the rules and carry proper lighting?
I have never seen a bird (or much else) in IMC or at night.
