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Fact 1:  As each goose flaps its wings it creates an ‘uplift’ for the birds that follow.  By fling in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.


Fact 2:  When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone.  It quickly moves back in to formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.









*Excerpted from Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Urgent Message from the Mother who transcribed it from a speech given by Angeles Arrien which was based upon the original research of naturalist Milton Orion.

** Picture credit to:  http://www.stevelenzphotography.com/nature/h23f9a3db#h23f9a3db