Why did you take a strange flight attitude in which a wild bird flying backwards with its neck rotated 180 degrees is photographed?


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Vincent TC

Photographer of the fin St. Konerissen Mr., a kind of duck family ' bean goose ' was able to shoot a state in which the inverted flight in a state that is rotated by 180 degrees the neck. Many reactions have been gathered to this photo, and wildlife experts have expressed their views.

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Cornelissen posted a photo of a bean goose flying backwards on Facebook on March 13, 2021. If you look at the image included in the post, you can see that the bean goose is flying backwards with its neck rotated 180 degrees, with its back facing down and its abdomen facing up.


There was also a reaction to this post, 'I think I edited it with Photoshop.' However, Cornelissen said, 'It is well known that ducks sometimes fly in the same attitude as the bean goose photographed this time. This phenomenon is also named' Whiffling '.' 'Living in Norway.' I've received messages from people that I've witnessed a similar phenomenon, 'he said, emphasizing that the photos he posted were not specially edited.

Wild bird magazines BirdLife serves as the editor-in-chief of Lars Sorinku said, 'young have mastered flight method bean goose is, can anything, you begin to explore how far can fly' 'And, bean goose who have learned the back flight other 'Look! Look at me!', He said, and explained that the strange flight posture of the bean goose was due to his desire to reveal himself. ..

'I've taken pictures of my fellow ducks whiffling, but it's rare to see a clear picture like that taken by Cornelissen,' said Solink, praising the pictures taken by Cornelissen. doing.

In the following movie shot by a person other than Cornelissen, you can see the ducks whiffling.

Whiffling Geese-YouTube


Several ducks are flying together.



When the leading duck begins to fly backwards ...



The ducks behind them also started to fly backwards.



As mentioned above, there are many pictures and movies of duck friends Whiffling, but Cornelissen proudly says, 'There is no picture that took Whiffling as clearly as my picture.' increase. In addition to the bean goose photos, you can browse many wildlife photos on Cornelissen's Facebook account.

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