
VIDEO: Watch a Weird But Wonderful Illinois Goose Twister
It's no secret that Illinois has a lot of geese and the state also has more than its fair share of tornados. A new video share shows that sometimes those two phenomena can happen at the same time.
I saw this fun video shared this week by an Illinois hunter who was apparently after some ducks based on his description. What he witnessed was what appeared to be a bunch of geese forming a vortex of sorts.
Why do Illinois geese sometimes fly in circles?
That's a spectacular question for which I don't have a solid answer for. I've heard that geese sometimes fly in circles if they get caught in an updraft. It tends to disorient the birds and they can appear to form a "goose twister" until they get acclimated again.
I've seen geese fly in a v-formation often as this is their way to conserve energy. Can't say that I've seen a goose twister before - until now. Thanks, Illinois duck hunter with a smartphone camera.
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