Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
This little brown bird (I'm not sure what it is, either! possibly the phoebe) sat briefly on the railing of the deck, then abruptly hurled itself onto the deck and lay there, spread-eagled and unmoving. It stayed there long enough for me to fetch my camera and take a couple of shots (the camera focused on the rail, not the bird, unfortunately) and then just as abruptly leapt up and flew away.
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 10:04 AM, June 30, 2009
Mark had this to say...
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At 3:51 PM, June 30, 2009
Deborah Godin had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->I have seen birds do something like that, although usually not staying motionless. As far as I could tell, it appeared that they were looking for food in grass.
You may already know that larger birds of prey, like the raptors, have a behavior called "mantling" when, after they pin prey on the ground, they spread their wings to hide it from other birds who might try to steal it. I've never heard of this behavior in small birds, though. Small insect-eating birds usually just pounce on a bug and fly off. Birds might try to shake off an external parasite, but that doens't explain the motionless part of it. The behavior you saw sure seems like a mystery.
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