Ardea herodias

Posted 7 October 2013 by

Photograph by Tom Gillespie. Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Ardea herodias -- great blue heron, December 2012, near Nashville, Tennessee.

4 Comments

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 7 October 2013

Behold, the monopod.

Screws up Orwell's moral rating system.

Glen Davidson

eric · 7 October 2013

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad said: Behold, the monopod.
Coincidentally, Ethan Siegel over at "Starts with a Bang" has just posted an article on the reason why flamingos and other shorebirds stand on one leg.

Henry J · 8 October 2013

They stand on one leg, cause it they picked up the other leg they'd fall over!

Andy White · 17 October 2013

They stand one one leg to put the other leg between their wings to keep warm, but i thought they only stand on one leg when they are sleeping.