Re: Archaeopteryx flight

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

I wrote...

> > And on what evidence why do you rule this out?
>
> - lack of a perching foot, unlike *Confuciusornis* (and all basal
> Pygostylia);
> - apparent lack of high trees (is it possible that the few ginkgo trunks
> that are sometimes mentioned are driftwood?);
> - probable lack of sufficient flight abilities.

And, due to the long tail (and the non-perching feet), probable unability to
land on a branch.
Do hoatzin hatchlings hunt anything? The adults are leaf eaters... (and
AFAIK zygodactyl).