Wow Canada Goose flying upside down !

[Boblou]

Not very nice pictures but....weird !
Never seen something like this from this big bird.?

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[Palouse]

Weird! Maybe he is planning on going way south—waaaay south!
I wonder if his name is West?

 

[Boblou]

Weird! Maybe he is planning on going way south—waaaay south!
I wonder if his name is West?

Maybe some problem with gyroscope. ?

 

[dburanich]

It's gotta be something in the air!!

 

[Boblou]

It's gotta be something in the air!!

Maybe Covid-19. ?

 

[dossy]

Now that's weird! And what a great catch!

 

[Boblou]

Now that's weird! And what a great catch!

Thank you dossy, appreciate.

 

[Mike Buckley]

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).

 

[Boblou]

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).

All your explanations possible haha !?

 

[Clix Pix]

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."

 

[warth man]

Its head is the right way up though. Very odd but good capture.

 

[Boblou]

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 Clix Pix from this informative text.
Appreciate. ?

 

[Boblou]

Its head is the right way up though. Very odd but good capture.

Thank you warth man.

 

[dburanich]

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 certainly explains it.
Great researching work Connie.

 

[Mike Buckley]

That certainly explains it.

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.

 

[dburanich]

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.

It looks to me like the body is upside down and the head is twisted upright.
Maybe the OP can confirm.

 

[Palouse]

It looks to me like the body is upside down and the head is twisted upright.
Maybe the OP can confirm.

Looks that way to me too.

 

[Mike Buckley]

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.

 

[dburanich]

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.

I agree with that.
The second one is not as clear to call it.

 

[Palouse]

I'm sure of #2, too:

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