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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

137.0. "How fast do they really fly?" by DELNI::G_FISHER () Mon Feb 29 1988 10:42

    FLIGHT SPEED OF BIRDS
    	MPH	SPECIES
    	---------------
    	26 	Brown Pelican
    	28 	Gr.Blue Heron
--->   	44	Canada goose
--->	40-58 	Mallard 
    	21	Turkey Vulture
    	22	Red-tailed Hawk
    	30 	Bald Eagle
    	62 	Peregrine Falcon  (diving speed 150-175)
    	22-25	American Kestrel
--->   	48 	Bobwhite
--->   	60	Ring-necked Pheasant
--->   	55	Wild Turkey
    	21-36	Herring Gull
--->   	30+	Mourning Dove
    	45 	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    	36	Belted Kingfisher         
    	20-25	Northern Flicker         
    	23	Barn Swallow           
    	20 	Blue Jay               
    	25	American Crow          
    	20-32	American Robin         
    	18	Dark-eyed Junco        
    	15-20	Song Sparrow           
    	24-35	House Sparrow          
                                       
    
    No wonder I miss so often!!!
    
    (extracted from the Birds notes file)
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137.1Was that an F-15 ????WALLAC::M_MOORETHE MOOSE IS LOOSEMon Feb 29 1988 12:138
    
    After hunting them for a number of years, the correct speed of the
    
    Mourning Dove should be 30 to 650 mph...... RIGHT  ;^)
    
                                            Mark