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Nov 25, 2021 11:12:56   #
jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska
 
tcthome wrote:
The legs bent forward at the knees which make it look like it's knees are broken.


Those are actually the equivalent of ankles.

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Nov 25, 2021 12:16:49   #
relbugman Loc: MD/FL/CA/SC
 
Those are his ankles - he's just standing like you do.

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Nov 25, 2021 12:48:19   #
edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho
 
Well, yeah. He buried his mate...

Good shot.

Ed

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Nov 25, 2021 14:37:17   #
genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island
 
Some of you have good eyes and noticed that his feet are out in front of him, making it appear he is on his knees. I've never seen this before. Maybe he is double-jointed? One of you observed that maybe they are ankles not knees. Still pretty unusual. Here are the before and after shots.


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Nov 25, 2021 14:53:53   #
relbugman Loc: MD/FL/CA/SC
 
Not 'maybe", the bones ARE his ankles! Knees bend 'correctly', are under the wings. Thighs are the '2nd joints' totally hidden under feathers. Think roasted turkey!

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Nov 25, 2021 14:59:36   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Yes I have seen egrets and herons sitting the same way. It is fairly common. Some smaller birds do it also, esp. those with long legs.

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Nov 25, 2021 16:11:14   #
RCJets Loc: Virginia
 
I didn't see anything unusual in your photos. Like the others, I've never seen one sit like that.
I took these in The Villages in January this year. You certainly can't call these birds beautiful, until they are in flight.
Enjoy.


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Nov 25, 2021 16:41:18   #
C.B.F Loc: Queensland Australia
 
Perhaps his point is that this wading bird is not wading and is in fact at least several feet from where it would be able to wade. CBF

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Nov 25, 2021 21:04:45   #
Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
 
I hate to break the news to you folks but I believe all birds legs bend this way. Check out the posting in today's UHH down the list a little called Inca Dove. That dove's legs bend the same way as the Wood Stork.

As far as Wood Storks are concerned, about 40 years ago there was a breeding colonly of Wood Storks on Jeckyl Island in sourthern coastal Georgia. Seems to me there were about 20-30 birds in the colony. Don't know if they are still there.

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Nov 25, 2021 21:36:14   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
robertjerl wrote:
Yes I have seen egrets and herons sitting the same way. It is fairly common. Some smaller birds do it also, esp. those with long legs.


Forgot, when they sit down all the way, as in on a nest the legs of all birds fold like that. It is just some birds with longer legs the next section of leg is visible and others it is hidden in the feathers a flesh of the main body.

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Nov 25, 2021 23:48:16   #
hettmoe Loc: Rural ND
 
Yeah, that’s how bird’s legs work.

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Nov 25, 2021 23:48:49   #
hettmoe Loc: Rural ND
 
Yeah, that’s how bird’s legs work.

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Nov 26, 2021 15:04:39   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
here is a Snowy Egret doing the same thing.

6D, Tamron 150-600 gen1 @500, 1/640 @ f/8.0, ISO-200
Hand held


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Nov 26, 2021 16:30:14   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
RCJets wrote:
I didn't see anything unusual in your photos. Like the others, I've never seen one sit like that.
I took these in The Villages in January this year. You certainly can't call these birds beautiful, until they are in flight.
Enjoy.


Awesome specimens 💞💞💞

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