Apparently http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird#Trivia http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird#Trivia the Big Bird costume was originally going to be even harder

Apparently http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird#Trivia http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird#Trivia the Big Bird costume was originally going to be even harder to operate: Jim Henson's original plan was to have the actor facing the opposite direction to Big Bird, so that the legs would look more realistically birdlike.