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<div class="rteDiv"></div><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">Here's an example of a still head and a moving body of an Eastern Red-tailed Hawk:</p><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px"><br>
</p><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">https://flic.kr/p/2n4HutZ</p><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px"><br>
</p><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">Marv Breece</p><div style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">Tukwila, WA<br>
marvbreece@q.com<br>
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....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ...<br>
- Thomas Paine, from Common Sense<br>
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<div></div></div><div origmsg="yes"></div>On Sat, 28 Dec, 2024 at 11:44 AM, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<div class="rteDiv"> </div><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#454545;padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; line-height:23px">To: tweeters tweeters<br>
</div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">This explains why chickens and pigeons and coots and other birds bob their heads as they walk. They stabilize-move-stabilize-move-stabilize-move the head as they walk, while the body keeps a steady forward pace. Presumably this is to give them the best vision of their surroundings.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson</div><div class="">Seattle<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/O0hxDxIk0rM?si=ioHAcBaLb5P5ElGT" class="">https://youtube.com/shorts/O0hxDxIk0rM?si=ioHAcBaLb5P5ElGT</a> </div></div></div>
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