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Ask a Birder: When birds adopt their breeding plumage, is that through developing new feathers or changes in the existing feathers?

March 26, 2025 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment
This is a more interesting question than it may first seem. For most birds, molting into new feathers is...
Birding, News

Rice Ain’t Necessarily Nice for Wintering Bobolinks

June 28, 2017 by Meredith Mann No Comments
We’ve all heard the myth that rice thrown at weddings will explode birds’ stomachs. (Not true, according to Snopes.)...
Birding

A duck’s wing

November 26, 2011 by Redgannet 3 Comments
Beauty can be found in the most commonplace. I was struck the other day by the perfect patterns created...
Birding

Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

September 15, 2011 by Greg 6 Comments
Penguins. The birds that wear tuxedos and star in major motion pictures. People call them “flightless birds” but they...
Reviews

Review of Feathers

June 12, 2011 by Corey 3 Comments
Feathers are the unique ingredient when it comes to birds.  Platypus have bills, bats and bugs can fly, and...
Trips

Feathers and Flocks at Papscanee

March 14, 2007 by Corey 5 Comments
After work on Tuesday Daisy and I headed over to Papscanee Island for a snerklefork (our much better term...
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