Sentences with phrase «molted feathers»

The molted feathers and discarded food bits «will be just damp enough to clump» on the litter or paper in the tray at the bottom and won't end up on the floor when cleaning, she says.

While it can be difficult to assess stress bars in feathers that are still on a bird, examining molted feathers can give a quick indication of whether or not a bird is having issues with a stressor in its environment.

Why can't they «take» molted feathers from captive bald (and golden) eagles?

They have been using molted feathers that the government provides them with.

Painted creatures — part bird, part woman — float and molt their feathers to acquire insect or mammal elements.

Not exact matches

Numerous cultures in SE Asia are changing with the times and accepting molted tail feathers from endangered hornbills species maintained in zoos instead of harvesting / killing them in the wild so that they can meet their cultural / religious needs without killing off the species... why can't this Native American tribe do the same?

And we opened that morning the nets and suddenly we're just going to teach the students the feathers and the molting patterns because they're so important and for surprise when we put the net one of those birds went into our net.

Third, the birds employ the odd strategy of molting and replacing all their tail feathers simultaneously at a time when they are also replacing the primary flight feathers on each wing.

So what happens when a molting Hooded Warbler loses all its tail feathers while it is still feeding nestlings or fledglings?

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

Plus, he contends, because birds only molt, or shed and replace feathers, once a year, it's highly unlikely that they can detoxify their blood to a significant extent in a highly polluted area.

In 1978 a few thousand greylag geese landed at Oostvaardersplassen for molting season, the vulnerable spring month when they grow new feathers.

Experts on bird mating, however, say the owl's extensive molting and twig - gathering behavior, as well as its alleged lining of a nest with clumps of grass and feathers, suggest that the bird was sexually active during the weeks it spent with the vice president.

During the molting of feathers, additional fat, protein and vitamins may be required in the diet.

The first thing you need to do is determine if your bird is really exhibiting feather plucking, and is not just grooming, preening, or molting.

They can grow their flight feathers out after the first juvenile molt because they are less likely to damage themselves.

Clipping the wings is a painless process and, in fact, a temporary one because the flight feathers will grow back with each successive molt.

Besides replacing old or damaged feathers, molting also helps to regulate a bird's body temperature during the winter.

If your bird's feathers grow back abnormally, are missing, or are loose immediately after molting, you should immediately contact your veterinarian and make sure that it isn't sick.

Irregular Feather Loss If your bird is losing feathers at a time other than its regular molting period, there may be a problem.

During molting, it is easy to see new feathers, called pinfeathers, growing on a bird's head.

Photographer Bill Amidon calls this beautiful blushing beauty an «unusually rosy waxwing,» adding «When young Cedar Waxwings molt, the pigment of their new feathers can be affected by the berries they eat.»