Sometimes there are birds that just stand out when you see them. Here is one:
This interesting gaze belongs to a White-crowned Sparrow. Below are a couple more images of the same bird after he flitted about a bit.
This is a direct quote from the allaboutbirds.org website “Scientists interested in movement and energetics have discovered that White-crowned Sparrows can run on a treadmill at a pace of about one-third of a mile an hour without tiring out.” I can’t imagine any self respecting bird allowing itself to be run on a treadmill.
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Don’t you wonder why any self-respecting scientist spent months or years getting the bird to stay on the treadmill long enough to measure the speed and time?? And I wonder if our tax dollars were spent to determine it. The birds are certainly cute and the coloring on the head looks like a cap. Thanks for posting.
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You do have to wonder, huh? I somehow suspect tax dollars were involved at some point.
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Reblogged this on Time Traveler on the road of Life.
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I enjoyed your bird pictures. Thank you for posting.
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I’m truly glad you enjoy them. We’ll keep posting them as we can. 😉
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Adorable photos. I love your title for this post, too. Thank you! Great share
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Suzette we are so glad you enjoyed it. We have fun sharing as well. 🙂 😉
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Thanks again. Have a great day😊
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Yeh right, a bird on a treadmill … how would they know?
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Somehow the Ludacris nature of this “experiment” really made me shake my head and think “whaaat??” Thanks for the visit and the spot on comment.
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Ha! What a cute little fellow.
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We see him every day and he always checks us out!
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