What exactly are we looking at here?

I know this isn't an unknown animal to science.. However I can't figure out where else to post this and I can't find anywhere online that explains exactly what this is, except that it is real and not Photoshopped.

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/e9a0ea4ab71f.jpg[/atsimg]

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reply to post by aceto


bro..hes turned his neck...

to turn theyr bodies they first turn their head and neck....to return to upright

a duck flying upside down.

avians have flexible necks that allow them to move in many ways, even upside down.

reply to post by aceto


oh come on... its a regular bird,, upside-down and his head is turned to look at prey/food...

not photoshoped... but just flipped to look weird

If it looks like a duck and flies upside down like a duck, it's probably a duck.

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reply to post by aceto


This is a greylag goose, see plenty of them here in the uk. They sometimes tumble and twist in flight and it looks like the photographer was lucky enough to catch that happening

The maneuver is called Whiffling...

www.dailymail.co.uk...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk...

lol thanks,I can't see a twist in the neck. so I assumed it was something else.