I've often seen Sulphur-crested Cockies do this sporadic movement when they are
coming into land where they have this jerky movement from side to side. Could
this be them whiffling to reduce speed?
Regards,
Mark
> Gary Wright <> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl
>
> My son is a parachutist and he did a bit of whiffling of his own
> recently.
> He sent me a photograph of himself coming into a formation and he was
> upside
> down. I asked him what he was doing upside down and he replied "it
> takes a
> lifetime to learn to fly"
>
> Not for a goose!
>
> Gary
>
> 2009/12/22 Carl Clifford <>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have never regarded Geese as contortionists. I stand corrected.
> See:
> >
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5353933/Goose-photographed-flyi
> ng-upside-down.html
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Carl Clifford
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