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glenn t asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

anyone seen a bird, besides a hummingbird, hover and fly backwards?

a myrtle warbler feeds at my suet cage by hovering and pecking bites. he'll even fly backwards! all the other birds land on it, but he flies up to it and pecks away

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in ne georgia

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    1 decade ago
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    In the UK I have seen a kestrel hover backwards.

  • 5 years ago

    A dyslexic bird can fly backwards

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