The height at which birds fly. even in the finest weather, is apt to be exaggerated. Well-meaning but inaccurate people commonly talk of seeing them miles high,” oblivious of the fact that their normal vision would never at such range include birds. One airman encountered an eagle at the height of nearly two miles (more exactly. 3280 yards), while he also found storks and a buzzard at something just short of 1000 yards.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20482, 7 December 1934, Page 4
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