A Goose Flying Upside Down

Posted by Queuebot in Animal on May 20, 2009 at 10:09 pm


Photographer Brian MacFarlane was taking pictures of a gaggle of geese flying during turbulent weather. This goose had a particularly strange style of flyin’ in high winds:

Your eyes do not deceive you – this puzzling bird really is flying upside down but with its neck and head twisted the right way up. [...]

Brian MacFarlane was simply photographing geese buffeted by strong winds at Strumpshaw yesterday, and did not expect to capture a moment of contortionism.

“The wind was making life difficult for the flying birds,” said Mr MacFarlane.

“Some were expert at controlling their flight, while others were being tossed around in mid-air.

“On closer inspection of the image I realised it had flipped upside down but kept its head the right way up. “Quite a feat!”

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10 comments to "A Goose Flying Upside Down"

  1. Jenny
    May 20th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    just me or a 3d model? and complete bogus? ...

  2. Gauldar
    May 20th, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    He's trippin balls man!

  3. LisaL
    May 20th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Wow... very weird. Like 1 in a million shot there.

  4. Johnny Cat
    May 20th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Great shot. Birds really can't fly well without their navigation systems at the ready!

  5. Joe
    May 21st, 2009 at 12:47 am

    Obviously the bird was getting blow all over the place, and this shot is simply showing the bird correcting itself.

    The freaking bird wasn't flying around upside down.

  6. LisaL
    May 21st, 2009 at 6:28 am

    The article explains what the bird is most probably doing, how about reading it before commenting :P lol

  7. Ajan
    May 21st, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    Nice shot

  8. Byrd Brain
    May 21st, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    I agree with Joe. If the goose was on blow, it certainly would explain why it was flying like that. And probably really pissed because his stash was getting all over the place.

  9. Bill
    May 21st, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    I'm with Joe on this, the bird wasn't flying around upside down.

  10. Wesley
    May 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    I agree with LisaL. You should read the article before commenting.


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