They only visit Okinawa, Japan for the winter months and will be heading somewhere north, shortly.
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Normally, they run along the surface of the water flapping their wings during take-off.
But, this guy flapped his wings and ran up the wall.....
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..........where he could be with the rest of his buddies!
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2 comments:
I'm sure I've seen these birds over here or at least a similar species? Although this is the first time I've had the pleasure of watching SpiderBird running up a wall!
Ryan,
Almost positive you've got them in Scotland. When these blasted PCs quit virus scanning, updating and have enough coffee spilt on them, I'll see if I can send you a link.
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