notice how they do not so much "fly" as "plummet"

[jrtom]

http://community.livejournal.com/wtf_nature/183934.html

(Related to (and in fact linked from) the previously noted post on torrent ducks.)

This is totally getting shown to Corwin when I get home. :)

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[opalmirror.livejournal.com]

On the same line as torrent ducks, there is a water bird in our local rivers and streams, the Water Ouzel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dipper), a passerine so a close relative of pigeons and doves. It so often amazes me... fearlessly swimming through rapids at the head of a waterfall, popping up and hopping out on a rock. I don't believe they are 'hardcore' with their young, but they are awesome little critters nonetheless.