... Riders on the Storm ...
If you think this Kittiwake is adopting a strange pose, take a look at this link,
www.flickr.com/gp/12820758@N04/3648ND you will see what they had to contend with.... The wind was blowing up the cliff face so hard that all the birds were gliding into the cliff face, stopping like this, turning around and backing onto their nests. I have never seen or heard anything like it. I don't think I would have bothered lol
... Riders on the Storm ...
If you think this Kittiwake is adopting a strange pose, take a look at this link,
www.flickr.com/gp/12820758@N04/3648ND you will see what they had to contend with.... The wind was blowing up the cliff face so hard that all the birds were gliding into the cliff face, stopping like this, turning around and backing onto their nests. I have never seen or heard anything like it. I don't think I would have bothered lol