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In addition, the silhouettes are neither in correct relative scale. The span of an albatross is about ten times the span of a crow. Nor are they scaled to some common size, E.g. the body size, or wing span. -- -<)kmk(>- ( talk) 02:35, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
The article states that "The largest bird able to truly hover is the pied kingfisher ...", but I've seen much larger White Tailed Kites hovering for 30 seconds or so, and I've seen Osprey's hovering for a few seconds before diving into the water. Since both birds are ground targeting when hovering, they tend to hover at a fixed location in the air, despite any wind. Rcgldr ( talk) 07:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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@ HCA: @ Rcgldr: I was checking out this article hoping to learn about some of the developmental stages of bird flight during the juvenile development of birds. Could we consider a section on this? Edaham ( talk) 02:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
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In addition, the silhouettes are neither in correct relative scale. The span of an albatross is about ten times the span of a crow. Nor are they scaled to some common size, E.g. the body size, or wing span. -- -<)kmk(>- ( talk) 02:35, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
The article states that "The largest bird able to truly hover is the pied kingfisher ...", but I've seen much larger White Tailed Kites hovering for 30 seconds or so, and I've seen Osprey's hovering for a few seconds before diving into the water. Since both birds are ground targeting when hovering, they tend to hover at a fixed location in the air, despite any wind. Rcgldr ( talk) 07:55, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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@ HCA: @ Rcgldr: I was checking out this article hoping to learn about some of the developmental stages of bird flight during the juvenile development of birds. Could we consider a section on this? Edaham ( talk) 02:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)