Saw a condor at my flight level once - 21,000 feet.
Saw a condor at my flight level once - 21,000 feet.
Long ago a pilot friend mentioned something similar.
This was pre-internet and being a skeptic I called around.
Some bird guy knew all about it!
Radar tracking, sighting from plains, mountain climbers...
Yes, he said they can go very high!
Google says...Ruppell’s griffon vulture
The two highest-flying bird species on record are the endangered Ruppell’s griffon vulture, which has been spotted flying at 37,000 feet (the same height as a coasting commercial airplane), and the bar-headed goose, which has been seen flying over the Himalayas at heights of nearly 28,000 feet.
How do you suppose they carry all the oxygen tanks?