Re: What would Hitchcock have thought...?

[Michael Habib <mhabib5@jhmi.edu>]

> Rather doubtful. The Bald Eagle is the only sea  eagle native to NW 
> North
> America and it is similar in size to the Golden Eagle.  Occasionally a 
> Steller's
> Sea Eagle will stray into Alaskan waters from NE Asia.  Steller's are 
> the
> largest sea eagles, attaining weights of nearly 20 lbs. If you  plug 
> that figure
> into the carrying capacity equation, 4 lbs would be close to  the max 
> the bird
> could lift.
> Dingoes on the other  hand...
>
> DV


I was thinking of Steller's (Haliaeetus pelagicus).  But apparently 
they do not make it into NA as often as I thought.  I appreciate the 
correction.

Incidentally, how certain is it that the carrying capacity algorithm is 
(or should be) linear?  Regardless, care should be taken in applying 
it: some eagles having lower wing loadings than the equation assumes.


--Mike Habib