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Well, obviously, most flying birds are able to generate at least as much thrust as is their body weight. But most birds are unable to take off in vertical flight - so that modest thrust is about the limit for most birds. Indeed, few birds can manage vertical flight with a sustained ascent.

In New Zealand, we have a native pigeon, Kereru, which loves a matai berry - about the size of an acorn. These they eat in sufficient quantity such that they cannot even maintain level flight!

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