Birds build snow tunnels for FUN

[dale]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26726#.VJaLRAlU

Wishing everyone a warm, peaceful, and . . . yeah, FUN . . . holiday season!

[Carol P.]

Very interesting behavior Dale!  I would never have guessed that all those lines and tunnels in the snow were made by birds.  Cool!

A very Merry and fun Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family also!

[Dot_Forrester]

That was really interesting, Dale.  for posting it.

Dot in PA

[valhalla]

I know that Donna will be able to find it because a couple of years back someone posted about birds (or was it squirrels?) sliding down roofs for fun!  Fun being the operative word.   

[dale]

It was birds, Janet. A youtube video of a crow using a plastic lid as a sled down a rooftop in Russia.

Love that crowboarding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dWw9GLcOeA&spfreload=10

You can see a process going on, too: on one side of the roof it doesn't work; he/she figures that out.

I once watched ravens or crows riding thermals off a cliff in NM. They'd just fly back up and ride it down again.

Legs dangling. That's what clinched it.

[valhalla]

Thanks Dale!  Merry Christmas!