Maybe some problem with gyroscope.Weird! Maybe he is planning on going way south—waaaay south!
I wonder if his name is West?![]()
Maybe Covid-19.It's gotta be something in the air!!
Thank you dossy, appreciate.Now that's weird! And what a great catch!
All your explanations possible haha !Way too funny! Other possible explanations:
- It wanted to impress a bird that had caught its fancy with its flying skills.
- That bird that had caught its fancy was flying overhead and it wanted a good look.
- A bird that was flying overhead was about to poop, so it flew upside down to make sure it would avoid being hit by the poop.
- It had a few too many drinks and none of them were water.
- It was doing the back stroke with its feet (notice that they're sticking up above the body rather than trailing it).
Thank you Clix Pix from this informative text.Now that is a strange sight, indeed!!! LOL! Great timing that you were able to capture this! Maybe he was in the midst of doing a rollover or a drastic wing tilt to turn and went a little too far?! Whatever, this sure is funny!
ETA: just did a quick Google and found this info from Science Focus: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/can-birds-fly-upside-down/
"But geese do use a manoeuvre called ‘whiffling’ where they roll their body upside down and twist their neck to keep their head the right way up. This lets them rapidly lose speed and height for a fast landing."
Thank you warth man.Its head is the right way up though. Very odd but good capture.
That certainly explains it.Now that is a strange sight, indeed!!! LOL! Great timing that you were able to capture this! Maybe he was in the midst of doing a rollover or a drastic wing tilt to turn and went a little too far?! Whatever, this sure is funny!
ETA: just did a quick Google and found this info from Science Focus: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/can-birds-fly-upside-down/
"But geese do use a manoeuvre called ‘whiffling’ where they roll their body upside down and twist their neck to keep their head the right way up. This lets them rapidly lose speed and height for a fast landing."
That would explain it for me if the bird's neck was twisted so the head could be face-down. In this case, the bird's head is face-up. Perhaps that's just a momentary position but we don't have any proof of it.That certainly explains it.
It looks to me like the body is upside down and the head is twisted upright.That would explain it for me if the bird's neck was twisted so the head could be face-down. In this case, the bird's head is face-up. Perhaps that's just a momentary position but we don't have any proof of it.
Looks that way to me too.It looks to me like the body is upside down and the head is twisted upright.
Maybe the OP can confirm.
Now that I've reviewed the images for about the fifth time, I'm confident that you're correct about the first image. Unclear to me about the second image.It looks to me like the body is upside down and the head is twisted upright.
Maybe the OP can confirm.
I agree with that.Now that I've reviewed the images for about the fifth time, I'm confident that you're correct about the first image. Unclear to me about the second image.