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To give them a better view of the water, where prey can be spotted more easily.
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Why does blue heron have long legs?
They're wading birds, they are built to walk through relatively deep (to a person wading with rubber boots on) water hunting for fish and insects.
What are small wading birds with short wings long legs and dark plumage?
Herons, egrets,and cranes are good examples of long-billed wading birds (also called "shorebirds".)
N Hemisphere shore bird long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage?
Could be any one of several sandpipers or other wading birds.
What is a long-legged wading bird called?
Waders refer to birds that have specialized in picking out small invertebrates from mud, wet soil or shallow water. These birds have long legs and long, sensitive bills in order to catch their food. There are many wading birds, such as the Egret, Heron, Sandpiper, Curlew, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover.
Can you eat wading birds?
No.
What is a Nile wader?
Waders refer to birds that have specialized in picking out small invertebrates from mud, wet soil or shallow water. These birds have long legs and long, sensitive bills in order to catch their food. There are many wading birds, such as the Egret, Heron, Sandpiper, Curlew, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover.
Are herons wading birds?
Yes.
Do wading birds migrate?
Yes
How did species of birds such as the flamingo acquire the long legs needed for wading in water?
they sleep with one leg up and some livese in zoo and they put oil and they have to eat and if they don't eat they will turn gray and if they do they will turn pink
What is the name of the African wading bird?
There are many African wading birds. It could be an Ibis or an Egret.
Do anacondas eat wading birds?
Yes
A wading bird about three feet tall with a long bill neck and legs feeds on frogs fish?
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