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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marilynne" data-source="post: 774191" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong>It was in the shade.  I may not have lightened it up.  They do a lot of preening and splashing in the water.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong>From the world wide web:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="color: #202124"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Why do birds sleep with one leg in their feathers?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #202124"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Due to the absence of feathers in this part of their body, birds can suffer a lot of heat-loss through their legs and feet. To minimize the excessive heat-loss, they rest one leg in their feathers to keep it warm and use the other to maintain their balance. They alternate which leg is tucked to ensure that one leg always stays warm.</span></span></li> </ul></p></blockquote><p></p>

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