Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Bird of Many Feathers

Doing some quick internet searching, I see that songbirds can have from 1500-3000 individual feathers. Swans can have as many as 25,000.

mthew

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2 responses to “Bird of Many Feathers”

  1. gkleing3

    What is it?

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    1. mthew

      This is a juvenile Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias. See my early post here.

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