Standing on one leg, resting the other, whilst preening shoulder plumage. Scratching underside of head or chin with a claw on one foot, whilst balancing, standing on the other. One is feeding, standing on one leg. The other is also standing on one leg but its keeping a look out. A pair of Black Crowned Cranes. Standing, balancing or resting on one leg. Common, European or Eurasian Crane Grus grus.
Gallocanta lagoon. Zaragoza province. Juvenile about to stretch a wing over the left leg. Red-Crowned Crane Grus japonensis. Adult facing right, standing on one leg. Unsure, questioning posture. Very well seen beak, eyes, hair. Head looks right. Zoocity, Pskov region, Russia. Exotic bird standing on one leg Flamingo on the green meadow. At the edge of the shore, it's large yellow beak swung sideways opposite its blue body, it A great blue heron standing on one leg in a sea of bulrush.
Donate Search. Listen Now. Frances Wood Writer. Ellen Blackstone Writer. Michael Stein Narrator. Mick Thompson Photographer. Tags: science , shorebird. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Anas platyrhynchos. And as for standing on one leg, do the math: a bird with its foot tucked up reduces by half the amount of heat lost through its unfeathered limbs.
And for extra warmth, they tuck their beaks under their shoulder feathers, but not under their wings, as people often say. Mallards recorded by A. Allen [], Glaucous-winged Gull [] recorded by A. Allen, and chipping of Dark-eyed Juncos [] recorded by W. Buy it online at Powells. New research shows that the birds are specially built for balancing. So do we. Membership benefits include one year of Audubon magazine and the latest on birds and their habitats. Your support helps secure a future for birds at risk.
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