5 INTERESTING FEATHER FACTS
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- We share this world with around 400 billion individual birds. One incredible feature they have is their feathers which come in a surprising diversity of colors and forms. These soft, fringed plumes are unique to birds, the only other animals that had feathers as far as we know are their dinosaur ancestors.
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Thank you for sharing another very interesting video Lesley 😊
@@matthew-jy5jp thanks again for watching. 🐦😊
Missy was named by the lady that found her in a street. Nest, parent and sibling all dead.
After a late spring storm. They build such flimsy nests. A few sticks and a prayer.
She was so cute, sucking up the Macaw feeding formula, from a little rubber eye dropper end. Wiggling
all over. She didn't imprint exactly. She
was fine with being released. Several other
Doves always around.
She left after a couple of years. Was gone for about 3 years. And suddenly was back.
A neighbor called over the fence...there is a dove here that I can walk right up to. Come see if its OK. The minute I was in her sight she vocalized
Coo Woo Woo. I replied same and she was instantly on my shoulder. Oh this is way too long
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@@sherrieoneillthompson7061 - What a wonderful story!!! Thanks for sharing. A cockatiel was lost for 15 months - owner found it. The cockatiel then made sounds and words in the past when in the owner's house. The owner made them back to it - finally united ! - Stephanie
@@LesleytheBirdNerd 'bunt' even means tattered, motley in grrman
The shock molt, or birds suddenly losing tail feathers when frightened by a predator, and then growing them back later, fascinated me the most. Mind blown. 🤯 😮 😀 I didn’t know that phenomenon was a thing. “Little living dinosaurs” are a fitting description of birds. Speaking of dinosaurs, I visited the Natural History Museum during my short trip to London between August 31 and September 4 of this year. I remember seeing something in the Dinosaurs Exhibit that read that dinosaurs used their unique features to blend in, attract mates, etc., much like birds and their feathers. 🪶Also, there was a massive exhibit that showed a vast variety of bird specimens there, too. As always, thanks for sharing, Lesley!
Oh no way, you lucky girl. I would be so excited and completely enthralled at a dinosaur museum. Thanks for sharing some of the information about how they used feathers similar to birds of today. I read that as I was researching. Awesome stuff 👍🐦 have a great night
*assblast* pardon my language 🤣🤣
Beautiful images and informed dialogue - thank you.
What a wonderful, informative video! Ty! 💕
Glad you enjoyed it!
Correction feathers have evolved for millions of years. The sheer timescale birds have had to develop the complex variation of feathers is really mid boggling. ;)
On a related note recently it has been able to be verified thanks to exceptional fossil preservation that the "fuzz" on pterosaurs were actually feathers as well pushing back the origin of this trait to the last common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. From an evolutionary perspective this doesn't really change the picture too much as we already knew both groups were very closely related and with the exclusion of pterosaurs being somewhat of a semantic choice drawing a line on what in nature is a spectrum.
The shock molt was the one thing I wasn't aware of and raises some hope for some clusters of tail feathers I saw in the past. Maybe they go away from the hawk as there wasn't any of the other types of feathers usually seen during a haw attack.
Haha! (face palm) I can't believe I said ''thousands of years" and never caught that after watching the video several times before uploading. In the script I have "hundreds of thousands" of years but for some reason I never said that. I need a team of people.
Thanks for the nice comment and for sharing that new bit of information. :)
I think the most interesting is the fact that the colors we humans see in a birds feathers is truly not the real color.
one of the most... ur so right on. Cheers
…and they see those UV colors in flowers, too, like insect pollinators do. Hummingbirds love my “white” Rose Of Sharon hibiscus bush.
Leslie! I find you the most relaxing teacher that finally makes sense! Thank you for all of your research and energy into our feathered friends! God bless! Matt from Pennsylvania.
I am glad to read that, Matt. I hope I'm not too mellow though causing you to fall asleep, haha. Thank you for the kind comment. Have a great night 🐦😊
I always found it interesting the way flight feathers kind of zip themselves together along the quill.
The barbs and barbules of the vane on the bald eagle primary feather I found 30 years ago still readily zip together.
Beautiful and informative video as always. Even though I am never in your Bird World (am in Central Europe or in NZ), I love watching them, and learn a lot. Thanks for your work!
That is so kind of you. Thank you for watching my bird videos. I'd love to do a video on birds of Europe and hope to one day. Have a great night 🐦😊
I think the variety of shapes, sizes, & colors are so extremely diverse. Each feather has a desired purpose.
Yesterday I gave peanuts to my squirrels, who tried to bury them. The Crows watched closely & swooped in to steal the peanuts. Leaving the squirrels stunned. But all was not lost, because in flew a Coopers Hawk which turned the Crows attention to scolding it. Good times & laughs.
I never knew they could lose all of their tail feathers at once. I have a sparrow in my yard without a tail but it's been at least a couple of months and it doesn't appear to be growing back. He gets around ok though.
That seems odd. I hope it grows back. 🐦❤ glad to read that he is getting along fine though
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love intogo bunting so beautiful 🥰🥰
Loving this bird whisper channel ….
Happy to attend this ornithology class
Thank you for this information…🕊
You are way too kind. Thank you 🐦❤ have a great night
Thank You so much! I found the Fright molt the most interesting for me .
At 2:06 can almost hear Lesley say..... “OK blue, time to fluff out your feathers for the camera”. ☺️😅😅. (another great video thank you!)
Hahaha.😊🐦 thanks for the cute comment and for watching. Have a great night
Are they just not marvelously made ,,, l love birds remembering them as the first thing in my life impressing me couldn't walk yet refused to walk or talk leaving my parents thinking I was not quite right .....
Thank you so much, you do great videos, and very nice narrations with your beautiful voice.
My hope for you or anyone out there, is that you may know the ONE TRUE GOD AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST as he is revealed in CREATION and the KING JAMES BIBLE .
MATTHEW 10 : 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ?
and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore , ye are of more value than many sparrows.
GOD bless you
I’ve loved these videos and learn facts I didn’t know in every one. Thank you!
Cool video. I'm stuck in a concrete jungle right now so bird and animal videos are my refuge.
The tail drop is definately the most intresting. 💕 🪶🪶🪶❤!!~*
I love to see your videos, you are doing a great job!!! especially this one about feathers is great!! I was tour-guide for birders between Alaska and Borneo and still learn from you, amazing!!!
Regards from Germany
Uwe
Such amazing creatures! Truly gifts from God! Thanks for your information, so amazing ❤️🙏🏻
Thanks Maureen
I was actually relieved to hear that about the shock molt, a few weeks back I found a bunch of Jay feathers in a pile under my pine tree I was worried that something attacked the jay but I saw no blood, so perhaps this is what happened, I'm going to hope so anyway! I don't want anything bad to happen to those little blue squakers 😊. After learning those interesting facts about feathers makes us want to give credit to our Creator for such beauty!
When photographing birds I am always fascinated by their feathers' symmetry and patterns closeup. It is nature at its finest. Thank you, Lesley!
That is very true. Even the birds who arent very brightly colored or boldly patterned, the feathers are just so wonderful to see up close. Beautiful creatures. Thanks for the nice comment. Have a great night 🐦
P.S. Love your blue jay friends. People say bad stuff about blue jays but I find them to be sweet and thoughtful. Anyone who has been serenaded with an enchanting whisper song knows.
Thank you. It's really nice to read someone saying something good about the blue jay. Not many people talk about the whisper song they sing because not many people have heard it. I've been serenading by one too. Have a great night 🐦
They're beautiful, quick and nobody's fool. (Lol ... alest & intelligent.) Have been my favorite bird since childhood. I'm surprised: Why do some ppl not like them?
@@factsoverfiction7826 Blue Jays are indeed neat birds, but I think the reason some people don’t like them is because they can drive other birds away at feeders, either because of their presence or because of their indistinguishable mimicking of birds of prey calls to deceive feeding birds that a predator is nearby. Also, they can eat the eggs and young of others birds, but that makes up a small portion of their diet. I think that their intelligence and how their mobbing behaviors have been known to help other birds and animals, including humans when a predator is close by, makes them awesome birds, in my view.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I observed them being protectors and one was even the constant companion of a grackle but I'm not sure what they were up to. Oh, and I used a tree stump as a natural feeding platform and saw a jay patiently wait for a smaller bird to eat.
That was interesting. Thank you. I didn't know there was no blue pigment in feathers.
I know hey pretty cool!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Iove they're bluejays feathers patterns 😍☝️
Exceptional videos; great new information, and our little buddies are under stress due to insecticides, food chain disruption!
Thank you Charles. Insecticides are so bad for birds. Hope they recover.
I witnessed a shock molt earlier this summer when I chased off the neighbor's cat as it caught hold of a blue jay. All the birds in the neighborhood went nuts sounding the alarm about the cat. The wounded jay survived. It stuck around our yard for a few weeks until its tail feathers began to grow back and then it went its way. But no kidding for the week afterward the other jays in the yard seemed to go out of their way to show off their colors and their flying skills for us as if they were saying thanks for saving their friend.
Aww I am so glad you were there to help and witness the Jays showing off to you. They probably saw you as a good human after that. Thanks for sharing. Have a great night 🐦
The color blue.
I turned my husband's view of birds around just by having him experience them. He always thought they were loud and annoying, and yes, they can be, but they're also majestic and beautiful, mean and clumsy.
I put bird feeders and his favorite bird, the Red Cardinal, was a regular visitor. Eventually, they reared a chick, and now there's at least six Cardinals that visit.
My husband points birds out to me now.
Lesley --never knew birds can loose tail feathers when scared.We just returned from visiting my daughters family on Long Island. Back home upstate NY I was curious after being gone for 3 weeks would my birds and chipmunks remember me and how I take care of them....lol they did remember......Blue Jays came from everywhere when I called to my Crows...Crows came as did my little Chipmunk named Eli...as I get older I love nature more and more. Thanks for al you do
Love your comment.
You sound like me.
Calling my Crows.
Made a grab at my Morning Dove and got her tail lightly. She released all her tail feathers at once. Delaying her soft release by 6 weeks.
Raised her from a tiny
orphan, found in a street. Also, used to hand feed grapes to a Possum named George.
The best to you!
Aww Russ I love reading that. So glad you buddies were happy to see you home again. I hope you had a great visit. Take care and have a great night 🐦❤
I’m happy your feathered and furry ‘ family ‘ remembered you after your visiting your other family !
@@sherrieoneillthompson7061 love hearing that
Leslie, love your videos and your soft voiced commentary. You really do have a wonderful way of teaching us about these awesome creatures. Loved all the info. My favorite thing that birds do with their feathers is "zip" them. When you see them slide their beaks downward along a feather they are zipping it or lining up the feathers. Too cool.
Thank you for the excellent, and informative video. I was just recently reading about the feather structure of owls that gives them their nearly silent flight. I did not know about the blue color of feathers.
This video is one of your best efforts yet. I wonder about the pigments. If porphyrins can make green and yellow, can they not then make the green without the yellow and result in blue, since green is a blend of blue and yellow? I get reminded of the explanation for blue sky, which I don't buy into. Not so sure about the dinosaur business either. In any case, what I do see is that God is so great.
This is so beautiful that even the king’s clothes can’t be compared... This is truly the hand of GOD! A wonderful nature .Amen! JESUS CHRIST ...Thank you!
There is no shortage of beauty in the feathers of birds. Thank you for the nice comment. Have a great night 🐦
I find it interesting. My hair (a fellow hair/ makeup artist) with Fine hair however! I'm kind of featherless ☺😉!!
But .. I wear a ponytail on hot weathered months! 😊 Hail to to my beautiful Hummingbirds, who will start taking their journey! 🥰
Thanks again Lesley, you always teach me something new. God bless.
You know I thought I knew almost everything about birds but finding out that a birds feathers weigh more than its skeleton is mind blowing🤯!!! Thanks for the great info!
Outstanding. Just 1 of God's creation. Amazing, isn't it?
Wow, I've never heard about the shock molt, losing all their tail feathers to escape predators. Feathers, truly a marvel of nature. Thanks, Lesley!💖
Didn't know about the tail shedding! Though it would make flying a bit harder till they grow back, it's quite smart!
The Blue Jays feathers are coming back and so are the visits wow . I'm going broke buying peanuts ha ha ! Know where to get a deal on peanuts Lesley ? 🙂
Haha. I wish I could find a good deal. They can get pretty expensive. I'm glad the Jays are visiting you again. I've been seeing a few coming to my yard lately too. Love their antics. Have a great night 🐦
I wear brown underwear to disguise what I drop when surprised and frightened!
Birds are fluffy lizards.
Very interesting. Shock molt. Wild!
Blue bird color explanation was interesting. I love your videos and you voice Lesley. 💙💦
Thank you kindly
Thank you Lesley!
I always knew 🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶 protected 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 from the elements and from 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟but I never realized their feathers act as a sunscreen. Never pictured a bird with sunburn! Lol! Interesting too that they can shed their tail feathers in a pinch! Great video Lesley!!
Hi, Leslie. Thanks for a beautiful and educational video. I hope to have a chance to see more educationally focused vids. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!
Thank you! I loved the fact that blue is a trick of the eye!
Your channel is the best. You’re the Bob Ross of birds. ❤️❤️❤️🦜🦆🦅🐥🦢🐓
Thank you so much 😀
Really interesting. I didn’t know about the colors not caused by carotenoids. I’m looking that up now. You are such a wonderful explainer ❤️ thank you
Excellent video with useful facts.
My wife and I enjoy your videos. Also, you said, “thousand years,” and “adaptation.” That makes us happy!
I'm a big owl fan, and they have several cool feather facts as well. The facial disk of feathers around their eyes works much like a funnel to channel sound to their unevenly placed ears, and their flight feathers are adapted with soft, jagged edges to make them silent in flight.
Great video as always. :)
Owls are awesome. I've always loved that fact too. Thanks for sharing it and reminding me. Kind of wish I had of included that. 🙂🐦 have a great night
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Time for an all owls update video
Owls' feathers are part of their stealth strategy: their victims never hear them coming.
Some woodpeckers appear to use their tail feathers as a brace occasionally.
That is true, as they hitch up a tree or leaning against one pecking into it for grub. Thanks for sharing.
Right now in Florida, I'm enjoying watching the fledgling cardinals all fluffed up. Looks like they have funny oversized sweaters on. Plus they act like clowns too. :)
Thank you!
“20,368, 20,369…”
“Hey, what’s up?”
“I’m counting the feathers on this Tundra Swan”
“Cool, what are you at right now?”
“um- oh, DANGIT!”
Great video! I loved the beautiful photography!
Thanks so much!
Very interesting and informative share on our feathered friends Lesley. Nicely presented. Lovely to see everyone's contributions on video and photos to make this possible. Thanks for sharing my friend. Enjoyed once again Irene.💖😍
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I believe the scattering of light on the feathers of Blue Jays and other blue-colored birds is the same phenomenon that makes the sky blue.
This was a fascinating video thanks for it!
That is kind of you to say. Thank you 😊🐦 have a great night
Thank you, you too 😊
@Lesleythebirdnerd - such an incredible channel. Thanks for continually putting up super interesting and informative stuff. Amazing work!
I had a rescue Robin and he molted all of his head feathers. He was totally bald for about 2 years!! I thought he wasn't ever going to grow them back. I couldn't release him because I didn't think it was a good idea. Especially when winter will come around and there would be snow and he's bald.
Then, finally out of the blue, he finally grew them back! He had a full head of beautiful feathers. I have no reason as to why that happened to him but it did and not ever again up to the day he was let free to go. I do miss him terribly!
Oh wow what an odd mystery. How nice of you to take card of the robin like that. Thank you 🐦❤
what is called the feather thing🤔
Or the featherless thing lol
A new relative -new Idea (from a relative new bird-habitat provider: Birds DO Have HANDs! MY original THOUGHT: "Birds have no hands,.... only feet and mouths/beaks to work the world with". MY NEW THOUGHT: (from watching birds in my bird bath)... yes... they do have some hand ability.... with their WINGS, (which they have 'some' control over'), to scratch and clean them selves, etc (and of course these hand/wings are covered with feathers and used to FLY (something man, and his multi-usage hands CANNOT do!.
When you said Blue Jays are not really blue, that really blew my mind.
I know it's pretty remarkable for sure. 🐦😊
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I was mind blown too☝️🤯
Great video Lesley ❤️👍
Hey thank you. 🐦❤
Surprised you didn't mention phoenix chickens having the longest feathers on their tails. I think the condor has the largest utilitarian feathers.
I've seen a pair of CA condors in the wild in CA mid 1980s. Was a fascinating day (weekend) that was with bird watchers and astronomers.
Pigments of the feathers is very interesting. And I didn't know wild birds could lose their tail feathers too. I knew pet birds did because it's happened to one of my budgies once.
Another really good video. I like how feathers, working together in layers, can create a effective “armor” for the little guys. Well researched, thank you.
Almighty God and His wonderful creations! Thank you for this video!
Having traveled to Brazil, compared to North American birds I find, tropical birds have more color variation than in the US and Canada. That starts to change in southern Mexico and the Caribbean. Thank you for explaining the nature and purpose of feathers, that have been around for 150 million years (the Jurassic period-also when the rings of Saturn appeared).
0:26. Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period) and Archaeopteryx lived around 150 million years ago so feathers have been growing and refining over Millions of years - a little longer than Thousands.
The tail feather thing...fascinating!!👍💚😎
It really is!
Thanks for sharing - very interesting. Would have been funny if you would have shown some footage of the "bald" Blue Jays as they are molting. Looking forward to your next video.
Dear Jamie & Lesley my world view leads me to see all things created by an intelligent and artistic mind. As a Christian we learn about a spirit being called Wisdom, (Proverbs 8, Sirach 1) that exists in all things. Since She is involved in the creation process, She is able to optimize the creature’s abilities to survive, from the inside out. I believe She did adjust each creatures’ abilities in a way that was from within their own minds and bodies until things worked out just right for them. This was done on a timescale that to us was millions of years, but since time is also a created part of our universe it is not an issue for Her. Of course, She also included form and beauty. She did all of this with the guidance of her originator the LORD, known as Our Father. In Genesis chapter one creation Day 5 we find that dinosaurs are actually birds. In verse 1.21 we see a kind of seal of approval when Elohim (dual God) sees it as good. This then might appear as evolution, but it is more of a process of preparation. The huge sizes of the dinosaurs had a functional purpose in the preparation of Planet Earth for us humans, so once they accomplished their duty, they where eliminated to allow the next stage of preparation.
I am always amazed at the gorgeous colors of bird feathers or the patterns any combination of colors can create. God's artistry at work!
Very interesting, it never ceases to amaze me that birds survive winters. Thank you Lesley, have a great day.
Some day you might consider pairing feather colorations with famous artists' styles.
To me the most amazing thing about feathers is their colors, but also the fact that the ability to become air born quickly in emergencies! I Love ALL Birds, Esp. Those i rehab!
I stared sneezing whenever there was a closeup lol. Thanks for making this channel and videos! Keep it up
Psalms 55:6
“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.”
I noticed seagulls primary feathers Pennaceous barbs are flat and thin like paper. Super weird
Another great video!!!! Origin of their colors is fascinating to me! I'd also like to understand more about how the feathers form before they push through the skin. And how much if any discomfort birds suffer from this process.
Me: Thinking I That A Chickadee Is In My School Cafeteria
*me realizes that it was the lunch teachers ringtone*
Some bird species use feathers in their nests for protecting their eggs and as insulation. Thanks for sharing your love of birds. I like your vids.
It's interesting to me that there evolved such diversity of birds simultaneously to mammals also evolving into current forms, and imagining what could the alternative be if there were no feathers. All there would be today is the reptiles we know as dinosaur cousins. But also I expect bats would have evolved to fill bird niches and this channel could be LeslietheBatNerd.
My daughter is doing her 8th grade project on birds and your videos are so informative, interesting and helpful! I'llr have her watch this in the morning and take down some notes. Thank you, Lesley! We love the birds! 💕
That is so wonderful! I'm very glad to provide some help. :)
Lesley your videos are the most professionally done and most interesting in the bird world.I always look forward to them.The weight of a bird's feathers. in relation to total body weight was new to me as was the stress molting phenomenon. Thank you for doing all the hard work that you do in providing such a quality YT channel!
Wow, thank you! Means a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed those two new facts you learned in the video. Pretty amazing stuff. Have a great night
My 2 favourite feather facts are
A) velcro was invented after looking at how feathers locked together
B) some, mostly male, birds have special breeding season feathers. Long tails or special colours that are then molted after breeding season
Thanks for sharing!
I suspect their feathers also help birds to fly, by countering turbulence and creating a smooth air flow, like shark scales in water.
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Always enjoyable and informative. Thanks.
There are a couple of things: (1) that the birds 🦢have that many feathers 🪶 & (2) that they can drop the tail feathers when in danger ⚠️.
Amazing pics and information, much appreciated, thanks!
I enjoyed this informative, lovely video! How nice to see the penguins, also.
Lesley - Thanks for another great video! I knew how the tail feathers could suddenly drop - kind of like a chameleon lizard if it senses danger or a predator is after it. Something interesting too is a bird's bones are hollow - it's a big part of their ability to fly and travel quicky. - Stephanie
Sometimes I find a little clump of wing or tail feathers and no other body parts. It always made me sad, thinking a bird had been eaten. Now I wonder if what I found was just shock mold and the bird got away.
I love this site and always make time for it.
What is the purpose of the vertical hooded headgear on birds such as cardinals, jays, etc.?
The crest of feathers on top of the head? In the video, at around 2:30 I talk about how those feathers are used as a way to communicate to each other their mood.
Another great video to remind us how beautiful birds are. The loss of the tail feathers when they are under threat mirrors what happens with some lizards - is this further evidence birds are descended from reptile ancestors, or an example of parallel evolution?
I'm not just a bird, I'm a coffee sipping avian dinosaur :)
Only thing I'd add is that in Canada they're illegal to collect. Even if found, not hunted. We cannot be in possession. Sucks but meh. Pretty bird.
Regardless another great video. So informative! Thanks Lesley