That looks like fun!
Basically one of those indoor parachuting wind tunnel places, only organic lol
Yay, let me try!
Reminds me of a flight I was on with winds like that. Blowing across the runway as we tried to land. It was horrifying. The pilots had to bring the plane in at like a 30+ degree yaw (I think it’s yaw - pointing to the side) and straighten it out at the last minute.
First try they had to mulligan but I’ll be damned if they didn’t safely albeit very firmly set us down the second try.
This seems totally intentional. It didn’t really flap with force once. Instead it just kinda vibed around on the wind for a while without really expending too much energy. I think the bird could totally go against the wind if it wanted to, but it just wanted to do whatever it was doing here. Maybe just playing or training a bit, or maybe getting a slightly different vantage point.
This reminds me of a few months ago. We were having insane winds, and I saw a Magpie get absolutely yeeted off a tree branch. I watched it get blown about 2 city blocks before it went over an industrial building and I lost sight of it.
i want to be bird
I want to die
but my wings have been so denied
Doing it to impress the lady bird.
Your comment put an image in my mind, that I can’t believe a stock photo already exists of 😂
STOL
*VTOL if it wasn’t trying to launch forwards
Birds always seem so graceful & purposeful. Comforting to know that even they have awkward moments sometimes.
“Well, fuck. I guess I’ll just stay here then…”