There's nothing in the laws of physics that precludes it. Skateboards can be extremely light and have ball bearings with extremely little friction. It's not all that unusual for a strong breeze to make a board start rolling all by itself
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Someone has been playing Skatebird!
I'm sure an eagle could even pick it up and fly away with it. I've seen eagles pick up mountain goats.
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Yea, but I was talking about taxiing like a plane on the runway.
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Surely you can see the energy required to pickup and fly with a skateboard is orders of magnitude greater than simply pushing the skateboard?
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Yes, and that's not the question I'm asking.
I'm asking whether they could sustain forward thrust in a standing position, and without actually taking off.
A sparrow or a condor?
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African or European swallow?
Let's assume we size the board to fit the bird :)
I have no doubt a bin chicken could.
I don't see why not, though I bet it can't go as fast as a turtle on a skateboard?

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