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Based on a lot of bird nesting videos, they most likely practice in the nest ahead of time. One doesn't have to outright fly to practice generating lift.
by jprete 3y ago
Based on a lot of bird nesting videos, they most likely practice in the nest ahead of time. One doesn't have to outright fly to practice generating lift.
- AbortedLaunch 3y agoThey don’t all appear to need this practice in order to be able to fly. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.0668 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.066... is a recentish overview of existing literature and touches upon this in the section Wing flapping before flight.