Skydiving Barnacle Goose Chick

[Ryewolf]

I spotted this from BBC Earth in my Twitter feed, they apparently nest on these high cliffs to avoid predators such as Arctic Foxes, alas however there's no food up there so they have to make this 120m jump to where the parent birds are waiting and calling out for them.

I mist admit I've never seen anything like this.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141020-chicks-tumble-of-terror-filmed

 

[Box Brownie]

I spotted this from BBC Earth in my Twitter feed, they apparently nest on these high cliffs to avoid predators such as Arctic Foxes, alas however there's no food up there so they have to make this 120m jump to where the parent birds are waiting and calling out for them.

I mist admit I've never seen anything like this.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141020-chicks-tumble-of-terror-filmed

As amazing bit of nature videography. Various species of birds take such a leap of faith but the sheer height of this one beggars belief.

Thanks for sharing

 

[gramps]

You think 'surely it must be dead' then see it get up, shake its head and start preening ... amazing.
Not so dramatic but you can watch Guillemot chicks doing something similar around the Farne Islands.