Buffy Fish Owl walking a ‘tightrope’

on 21st August 2024

How does a big bird walk across a tree limb?

Like an acrobat on a tightrope, except that it uses its outstretched wings as a balance pole. The following series of photographs taken directly below the bird affirms my observation.

James Tann

Singapore Botanic Gardens

9 February 2019

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