Birds/Nature

Why Birds Stand on One Leg

The benefits of the unipedal stance

Credit: Gauri Sirur

During my walk, I snapped a picture of this bird standing on one leg on a rock in the lake shallows. On my return, I saw the bird (maybe the same one) still in the same position.

When I got back home, I tried standing on one leg. I couldn’t do it past one minute. And I was wobbly most of…