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a bird built like a fishing pole that walks on its own dinner table
means A wader is a long-legged bird that feeds by walking through shallow water, or alternatively the waterproof waist- or chest-high boots an angler wears to do much the same thing.
from From the verb 'wade,' which goes back to Old English 'wadan' — to go, to move forward, especially through something that resists you like water or mud. It has cousins across the Germanic languages and is likely related to Latin 'vadere,' to go (the same root that strides through 'invade' and 'evade'). So a wader, bird or boot, is simply 'a thing that goes through' — the agent suffix '-er' turning the act of slogging into a noun.
- Leg trick
- Many sleep standing on one leg to conserve heat
- Migration
- Some fly thousands of miles without stopping
- Bill sense
- Beak tips detect prey vibrating in mud
- Name twist
- Also means waterproof boots fishermen wear
- Eye power
- Eyes can focus near and far at once
roseate spoonbill — pink wading bird with spatulate bill found in florida and texas wetlands
great blue heron — largest north american heron, hunts in shallow waters across the continent
red knot — migratory sandpiper that travels 44,000 miles annually between arctic and tierra del fuego