How can birds still fly if they have to constantly eat to have enough energy to fly? Doesn’t eating make them so heavy that they need even more energy to keep flying?

Question

When I watch the birds at the feeding station in my garden, I notice that individual birds often eat a lot at once. Doesn’t all that food make them so heavy that they need more energy/food to fly than they can carry in flight?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Post like these remind me that not everyone’s brain works the same.

This post has caused me to spend like 30 minutes typing out various replies that I kept deleting.

I’ll just say that I’m thoroughly confused about your confusion