Whiffling Geese in Slow Motion

[@BenjaminTurnerAUS]

that's pretty cool, didn't look so amazing till the slow motion. thanks for sharing

[@yellawerder3279]

Holy Wow!! That's quite something. And did I see it correctly? - looks like they turn upside down too. Amazing!!

[@flychomperfly]

parrots do this all the time too -- parrot people have taken the term "jinking" to describe it. they have determined it is surely a *fun* thing for the bird. thanks for posting!

[@davidbernal9503]

It's amazing that this video exists, thank you!

[@dawnpaxton877]

According to Bird Note; the geese do this in order to slow down for landing rapidly.

[@flaviafuas3934]

2012 ?! SUCH A LONG TIME ....... THANKS

[@marinamccleery2683]

My dad saw whiffling barnacle geese! Long before I was born. Does anyone know the species? Thanks.

[@lorenzo20barnes12ahs]

Slowing down and loosing descending to prepare for a landing.

[@montserratalvarado7731]

thank you!!!!

[@DjSpleaf]

I saw a goose do this in Missouri, got 1 good shot with my nikon.

[@stefaniafaggionato9789]

Beautiful!

[@jessicae1589]

This is better than Top Gun!!

[@vojtechvaligura7054]

This would be a rad music video.

[@HansCoos5963]

A better shot of whiffling geese we could take a year later. See: vimeo.com/56792453

[@jrock7859]

So sort of like scissor rolls to slow speed

[@HansCoos5963]

Omzetten van de ruwe video beelden naar .avi met PCC (Phantom Camera Control) software (van de fabrikant van de camera). Verdere videobewerking met Adobe Premiere CS4.

[@ethan-loves]

awesome

[@عادلالشعلانالغامدي-ك9ل]

يَا فَاضِل الْحَقُّ مِنْ شَرْقٍ الْأَرْضِ إلَّا غَرْبُهَا وَمَن شِمَالِهَا إلَّا جُنُوبُهَا وَمِنْ بَاطِنِ الْأَرْضِ إلَّا أَعْلَى سَمَّاهَا وين جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَنْ صَدّ الْحَقُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تعالى (وِإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ) الْآيَة . زِد زِد زِد زِد يَا اللَّهُ وَشُكْرًا شُكْرًا شُكْرًا يَا اللَّهُ .

[@apathyboy]

Could it also be a fitness display by showing off how strong and acrobatic a flier they are?

[@HansCoos5963]

Yeah, maybe possible. You can think of every explanation you want, nobody knows (yet). I've seen this behaviour only during the approach to landing, maybe cooling down muscle stretch ;-).

[@koitorob]

I've read they do it to rapidly lose height when landing. When inverted the air passes through their feathers thus losing all lift. They twist their necks while doing this so their head remains the right way up.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Saw one do this last night, twice in the space of 50 feet. It was alone and did nothing to land afterwards so display or losing altitude are both out.

[@blackdon246]

If you're going to do something for "display", it makes sense to practice alone.

[@aznmaplemaster]

i'ma go this this

[@marinamccleery2683]

I wish I could but judging by how clumsy I am I’d probably end up in a bad way!

[@bradlyblitzkreig8048]

F*** that