3), revealed symmetrical gaps in the
flight feathers.
TABLE 3--Multiple logistic regression parameters (B [+ or -] SE) resulting from three alternative models (sixth primary
flight feather [P6] vertex angle, P6 modal score, and P6 mean score) for assigning loggerhead shrikes of uncertain sex to males or females, on the basis of genetically sexed individuals (n = 54).
Owl centre director Craig Wesson said: "When he was brought in, his
flight feathers down one wing were missing - they were right down to the base.
Two others escaped because their
flight feathers regrew faster than their flock-mates, so when they flapped their wings as they approached the corral, their rejuvenated feathers carried them away.
The long
flight feathers on the wing also aided in silencing flight.
The adult is mainly brown except for the paler head and neck, blackish
flight feathers, distinctive white tail, and yellow bill and legs.
We have a lovely magpie, Frederica, rescued from a trap that had cut her
flight feathers off one wing.
We don't know what sort of bird it is; at first we took it to be a baby magpie but now that it's a little older - it patently isn't; it's the size of a jackdaw but has a huge beak like a crow and it makes a noise like a crow but it has white
flight feathers.
It is best to clip both wings, leaving just a few of the primary
flight feathers at the end for a better cosmetic result.
Trimming the primary
flight feathers on one wing will keep them from flying away, although domestic birds may willingly stay in the comfortable surroundings you provide.
The Four-Winged Dinosaur: Microraptors and the Bird Origin Debate is the DVD rendition of an episode from the public television series NOVA, detailing the discovery of and scientific experiments surrounding fossils of an amazing, recently discovered dinosaur species microraptor, a small dinosaur with
flight feathers on all four of its limbs
The purpose of trimming
flight feathers is to prevent the bird from flying too far or too high.
