Why is the bird standing on one leg?

This is common behavior throughout most bird species. They may do this as a heat-saving measure, as a way to reduce fatigue in one leg, or simply just to be comfortable.

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1. Do great horned owls and ospreys mate for life?
2. No one is sitting on the eggs or young. Won’t they get cold?
3. How come one egg of the clutch hasn’t hatched when the others have?
4. Which parent sits on the nest?
5. Why is the bigger chick picking on the little one?
6. Are the birds in danger of freezing to death on cold nights?
7. Why is the bird standing on one leg?
8. Do you ever intervene if one chick is not doing well?