On Saturday in Dubai, an eagle set a record for the highest-ever recorded bird flight from a man-made structure — the Burj Khalifa.
It was organized as a public awareness campaign for endangered species by the Freedom Conservation group.
Which reminds us to check in on the Minnesota DNR eagle cam, where flight training doesn’t look to be too far away.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins