Intelligent Design helps kestrels to hover in the air while keeping their heads still

 

Joel Kontinen

Intelligent Design helps kestrels to hover in the air while keeping their heads still

Two kestrels (Falco cenchroides) have been filmed in a wind tunnel. They can hover in the air in turbulent winds while keeping their heads almost intact.

They have been  given this almost perfect style by intelligent design.  

“It’s a hunting behaviour and their life depends on it,” says Mohamed Abdulghani at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. The hovering behaviour is critical to the birds as it allows them to keep their heads perfectly still to focus on prey on the ground. “

Source:

James Woodford. 2024. We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering (msn.com) 9 August.