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Running on the Water

Birds run­ning on water? Well, yes, a num­ber of birds do, pelagic birds that live on the oceans sur­face where they feed on plank­ton, fish,  –  and unfor­tu­nately these days  –  bits of plas­tic. The Black-footed Alba­tross is one such; its seven-foot wings that … Con­tinue read­ing

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Why do bird wings flap?

Birds flap their wings for two rea­sons, to lift them­selves up and to thrust them­selves for­ward. Con­tinue read­ing

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