--- two.wing-nuts at juno.com wrote:
> I have never seen a raptor stretch before.
> This
> one, several times, extended the right wing and right leg
> simultaneously
> to the rear. Alternated with the left wing and leg doing a stretch
> again
> simultaneously. It was very interesting to watch this beautiful
> bird's
> behavior.

Do all birds do this, but we just don't see them enough during their
leisure time? Our pet bobwhites do the same thing, which we call the
"ballet stretch."


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Mike Wagenbach wagen13 at yahoo.com
wagenATuDOTwashingtonDOTedu Seattle WA

When I hear post-modernist jargon, I reach for my pistol.
-me

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