Decided to show you the birds first, before the sunset post tomorrow.
At first, I thought that they were Ibises, but when they came closer, I saw that it was indeed a flock of geese flying in the "V' formation.
A bit later on we left the house to go and view the sunset from a high spot that overlooks the ocean, and I will show you some stunning sunset shots tomorrow. So, it is not only the fancy birds that can fly in the v-formation as Egyptian geese can do exactly the same, and they can also do it very well. Whenever birds fly over a long distance, they take turns to take the lead, so when the lead flyer gets tired and the second in row takes over. The leader that falls out starts to build the other side of the v-leg. What I mean in the photo below, is that the leader has fallen back to the leg with only 2 birds in it. The current leader will fall back to make it 3 birds.
Right above my head now.
And there they go towards the west.
Now to give you a teaser about the sunset that you will see tomorrow.
A close up of the photo above.
Finally, we were back at home, as you will see below.
Remember to watch the sunset post tomorrow.
The birds know the weather patterns, and even if it starts to rain in one area the birds can sense that and then they take off before the rain arrives. So, whenever a v-formation is in action one can know that they come from an area where it's raining. In other cases, the birds fly back home to the areas where they reside overnight, and then the next morning they will be off again. We have the same kind of system here in the Western Cape, as many foreign residents stay in the country over the 6 summer months, and then when winter arrives, they go back to their own countries for the other 6 months of the year. Maybe the birds taught them to do that, and us that are naturals simply have to stay in the same place for the entire year.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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