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It seems that it is almost as easy to come up with a Natural Selection story which would explain why a bird in a certain environment would move slowly, stealthily, and be have feathers that are a similar color as the ground as it is to explain why a bird moves quickly, calls loudly, and is brightly colored. It seems that the ability to explain animal behavior and physical characteristics using Natural Selection is in large part up to the creativity of the person doing the explaining.
Birds, which fly, or which descend from birds who flew, are often brighly colored. Animals that don't fly are seldom brightly colored. A major exception is animals or insects that are poisonous. Natural selection handles this pretty well.