We were on a training flight to Ramona Airport. The ceiling was 3000 broken on a gorgeous winter day in San Diego. We heard the tower talking to an aircraft departing the pattern:
Tower: “Caution. Birds, westbound 700 feet.”
A few minutes later we heard:
Tower: “Those birds are geese flocking up.”
This was followed by:
Tower: “The birds are behind you now at 2000.”
Aircraft: “Birds in sight.”
Considering how many feathered dangers we face at that airport, we really appreciate those traffic calls.
Shairrie L. Van Duzer
San Diego, CA
That probably averted an even worse flock-up.