Readers have been asking about birds in their backyards with ratty-looking body feathers or without any head feathers at all. They have particular concern about "bald" Northern cardinals, birds ...

All birds molt. Some species shed their feathers and re-grow news ones once a year--like cardinals, chickadees, titmice, doves, and robins. Some, on the other hand, molt at least part of their ...

Some of the birds in your backyard may look unkempt if not downright scraggly, as though their clothes have worn out. Birds, of course, are clothed in feathers, and feathers do wear out. The ...

The bird’s red head feathers turn to black along its front. If you have a good enough vantage point to see the bird with ...

The birds that will risk their lives for a good nap! Garden Warblers tuck their heads into their feathers if they are unfit, scientists discover ...

Feathers brings friends together in Celia C. Pérez’s ‘Strange Birds’ Four girls protest a local group’s use of a hat made with real bird feathers. September 10, 2019 More than 5 years ago ...