Turbo Glide
The majority of the time, great grey owls do a quick dive down from a perch to attack its prey. In this case, the owl launched from a birch snag and went on a long, shallow descent, gliding a fair distance to head to a spot it thought there was rodent activity. No luck, this time.
Note the wing angle (slightly down at the back) and the tail feathers fully deployed to help slow decent. The overall body angle and attitude reminded me of those people they use flying suits to glide from cliff tops, hopefully down safely to the ground (images.app.goo.gl/Rn1vFJ1cXKD4MXwS6).
Turbo Glide
The majority of the time, great grey owls do a quick dive down from a perch to attack its prey. In this case, the owl launched from a birch snag and went on a long, shallow descent, gliding a fair distance to head to a spot it thought there was rodent activity. No luck, this time.
Note the wing angle (slightly down at the back) and the tail feathers fully deployed to help slow decent. The overall body angle and attitude reminded me of those people they use flying suits to glide from cliff tops, hopefully down safely to the ground (images.app.goo.gl/Rn1vFJ1cXKD4MXwS6).