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To: ml/nj
I thought the way this one grips the branch upon which it is lit was interesting. I guess more than just us humans and a couple of apes have opposing thumbs. I'm surprised that the grip the bird has is sufficient to keep it upright.

They learn that balance very early in life. Plus, they don't weigh very much. Here is an immature tricolor with a one-foot grip:


20 posted on 04/07/2010 8:42:53 AM PDT by rustbucket
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I couldn't get this stork to turn around

22 posted on 04/07/2010 8:50:05 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT,NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: rustbucket

What is that?


29 posted on 04/07/2010 1:29:22 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: rustbucket

Oops, now I see it’s a tricolor heron.


30 posted on 04/07/2010 1:30:39 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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