Bird 'V' Formation

It was an amazing sunrise due to 25000 ft Clouds that reflected the sun, and I was able to catch this formation of birds. Camera was shaky because it was COLD. And that wizzing sound is the pool heater. :)

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[ThePsydome]

@FancyThePitBull Actually Flyakite is right. The birds fly behind the wing tip of the bird in front. They do this because the wing tip causes a rising vortex of air that, when flown into, reduces the work rate needed to fly long distances. It has also been observed (as flyakite said) that the lead bird will swap positions with a bird from far back in the formations. Birds instinctively find these vortexes and so a formation will start off disordered and then gradually find the V shape.

[FancyThePitBull]

actually ur wrong and ranger is true.... its all about '' breaking the air for the next bird, which means the first bird works harder then the last, then they alternate.... and not to break the sequence, when a bird is sick or for someone leaves the V, he always does it to the right, clock wise, the 2 last birds will drop with the sick bird... then rejoin another migrating group.....

[flyakiteGDI]

no !

that's what i tought too, but if that was true, they would just fly in a straigt line !

instead, they use the vortex that is created at the tip of the wing.

The bird behind feels the rising air of the vortex and follows it.

[rangerowneg]

they do the v formation because the first bird, hardest job, breaks the wind for the next bird, then he breaks the wind for the next bird, and so on. So if you look the first bird is working alot harder then the last bird. Then they switch

[annoying176]

nice

[OMM06]

Nice video. :-)

[smileypjau]

Well captured, thanks for sharing.