Oh, that poor bugger! On video for all the relatives to see, too ๐คฃ How undignified.
omg this is aawesome! Poor gal! ๐คฃ
@volpeon oh my god ๐ this is too precious not to alt.
if you want to copy paste :
short video of a small bird of prey (peregrine falcon ?) laying on her nest. First the wind ruffles her feathers, then ruffles some more, and as she tries to settle herself she exposes her backside to the wind, and is completely flipped over, exposing her three eggs. For a brief moment, she lays on her back, feet in the air, head on the ground, looking bummed, then settles back and carefully tucks the eggs under her.
Yes, pretty sure that's a peregrin.
Which makes the bird's struggles all the funnier/more ironic. I mean, peregrins are โขbuiltโข to slice through 200mph winds (that's the speeds they can reach in a power dive), so it seems odd that figuring this out while stationary wouldn't be, like, automatic.
For someone whose whole JOB is aerodynamics, it seems to take her a bit to figure out to face into the wind. Poor baby!
@volpeon *Attenborough voice*
โthis skillful and merciless predatorโฆ oopsโ
Portsmouth Accent: "Steer her bow into the wake Mr Easy!"
poor boo!!! was it wrong to laugh????
@volpeon Noooooo the floof-mom got flippeded!!๐ญ๐
(oh thank God she's okay! ๐ฅน๐)
Mothers will mother!
She held