CHRISTIAN MOULLEC FLIES WITH A GROUP OF LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE AT THE AIRSHOW OF DITTINGEN, 2003-08-23...

French microlight pilot Christian Moullec flies with a group of Lesser White-fronted Geese (Anser erythropus) in a typical V formation at the airshow of Dittingen, Switzerland, August 23, 2003. French environmentalist Christian Moullec raised Lesser White-fronted Geese in an endangered species project in Sweden and trained the birds to think that his aircraft is their squadron leader. With the aid of the microlight Moullec was able to guide them, via a safe migration route which they subsequently pass on to future generations, from Sweden to protected winter quarters on Bislich Island on the Lower Rhine. REUTERS/Roger Schneider REUTERS ROS/HM/