Upside Down Tern?

[jbwolffiv]

I am going through my shot from Forsythe today and came across this one (of many tern shots). ; Anyone (Howie) know if they turn their heads upsidedown before their dive? ; Not the greatest shot and cropped alot.

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[Paul]

That is crazy! ; Awesome shot John, I have never seen anything like that.

 

[HW]

I have never seen a tern do that John

 

[jbwolffiv]

I thought at first the frame was upside down. ; Pretty weird.

 

[ELinder]

It's Jonathan Livingston Seagull practicing aerobatics!

Erich

 

[zackiedawg]

That's a first time I've seen a tern doing that too. ; I wonder if maybe he was just about to execute a flip maneuver or turnaround, and you happened to catch it exactly as it was about to begin the movement - maybe the head goes around first like how a cat does when they're falling upside down?

Very cool, either way.

 

[jbwolffiv]

Not sure why either. ; I too was thinking this was right before a dive, just a lucky grab I suppose.

 

[Scottwdw]

I believe I saw some do this today as they went into a dive. They did it in a split second. ; Were you doing a burst as you followed this bird, John? I will see if I can confirm it tomorrow. ; They do some crazy maneuvers when they decide to dive.

Check that...it looks like this tern has his neck reversed as the rest of the body looks right-side up.

 

[HW]

I heard it say your momma wears army boots and then it spit some green stuff

 

[jbwolffiv]

I heard it say your momma wears army boots and then it spit some green stuff

:'( ; I have never been picked on by a bird before!