Greylag Goose (Anser anser). Standing on the left leg, resting the right. Answer to the question,'why do birds stand on one leg?

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Greylag Goose (Anser anser). Standing on the left leg, resting the right. Answer to the question,'why do birds stand on one leg?'. 'To rest the other!'. Hickling Broad, Norfolk.

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