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I have long heard the question: Why don’t birds in a flock collide? It is an odd question in that it does not ask if they collide, but why they don’t collide. The short answer is: They do collide, and fairly often. However, they have the ability to make a quick recovery.<\/p>\n
A similar question is: Why don’t perching birds lose their balance? The short answer is: They do lose their balance, and fairly often. However, they have the ability to make a quick recovery. To verify this watch perching\u00a0birds.<\/p>\n
More important than the complete avoidance of small errors is the ability to recover from them. Here are two avian examples from this last weekend.<\/p>\n
A Turkey Vulture perched in a tree, but before long it lost its balance and had to use its wings and tail to regain its position.
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A merlin was perched atop the leader of a tree when it lost its balance. It too had to use its wings and tail to regain balance so it could continue scanning for prey.
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I have long heard the question: Why don’t birds in a flock collide? It is an odd question in that it does not ask if they collide, but why they don’t collide. The short answer is: They do collide, … Continue reading