Moderator: E.J. Peiker

All times are UTC-05:00

  
« Previous topic | Next topic »  
Reply to topic  
 First unread post  | 5 posts | 
by SantaFeJoe on Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:26 pm
User avatar
SantaFeJoe
Forum Contributor
Posts: 8622
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
Location: Somewhere Out In The Wilds
Although I have seen them doing this, I have never captured an image of the behavior.

https://www.facebook.com/BosquedelApacheNWR/photos/a.383081598409807/3053576268026980/?type=3&theater

Joe
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.  -Pablo Picasso
 

by rajandesai on Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:08 pm
User avatar
rajandesai
Forum Contributor
Posts: 2294
Joined: 6 Apr 2009
Location: MA, USA
Member #:01263
SantaFeJoe wrote:Although I have seen them doing this, I have never captured an image of the behavior.

https://www.facebook.com/BosquedelApacheNWR/photos/a.383081598409807/3053576268026980/?type=3&theater

Joe
Pretty cool. I have seen them do that in extreme windy conditions. 
 

by Andrew_5488 on Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:32 pm
Andrew_5488
Forum Contributor
Posts: 390
Joined: 15 Feb 2012
Location: NY
rajandesai wrote:
SantaFeJoe wrote:Although I have seen them doing this, I have never captured an image of the behavior.

https://www.facebook.com/BosquedelApacheNWR/photos/a.383081598409807/3053576268026980/?type=3&theater

Joe
Pretty cool. I have seen them do that in extreme windy conditions. 
Yeah, I'm not sure why they posted this as a some kind of weird or unexpected thing instead of maybe trying to explain it.
I've seen it many times with canada geese either in strong wind situations during landing or as an evasive maneuver
when there's a lot of birds in the air trying to land.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:12 pm
User avatar
SantaFeJoe
Forum Contributor
Posts: 8622
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
Location: Somewhere Out In The Wilds
Andrew_5488 wrote:
Yeah, I'm not sure why they posted this as a some kind of weird or unexpected thing instead of maybe trying to explain it.
I've seen it many times with canada geese either in strong wind situations during landing or as an evasive maneuver
when there's a lot of birds in the air trying to land.
At Bosque they seem to do it just for fun, just like when they bathe at mid afternoon and turn upside down and splash. It’s a common occurrence, but I have never captured this type of maneuver. They seem to do it more when they are preparing to head back north. I have seen the Bald Eagles grasp talons and tumble through the air until they are just above the ground and then separate and the carp jumping straight out of the water in February as the waters warm up. I, for one, am just as glad that spring is near, but don’t have the moves of these guys!

Joe
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.  -Pablo Picasso
 

by merlinator on Wed Feb 12, 2020 6:08 pm
User avatar
merlinator
Forum Contributor
Posts: 541
Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: White Rock, B.C. Canada
It's called whiffling. Geese use it to rapidly lose altitude. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiffling
Roy
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by:  
5 posts | 
  

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group