“BIRDS!!!” he blurted out.
“If we’re lucky, we will see them flying in the “V” formation as they head south for the winter”, I responded in my daddy-teacher voice.
“Why do they fly in a “v”-formation? Is it because “V” is the only letter they know how to spell?” he asked.
“it’s because the lead bird is the navigator bird, and all the other birds follow the lead bird and are just off to the side so that they can see where the lead bird is going and stay in formation.”
Sounded good, right?
Not so much.
My 8-year-old responded with this;
“Actually… The birds fly in the “V” formation for aerodynamics. There is less drag on the flock if the fly like that. The same reason airplanes won’t fly behind one another. They need to be able to stay up in the air so they would fly off to the side.”
Errr, yeah. That’s what I meant.