I’m thankful for an email from a Boy Scouts of America leader. He suggested placing links to this information about Tail Feathers in the Birdwatching section. [Which are now there, plus on two other pages.] It is part of a badge they are working on.
These feathers are interesting and would love to see each of these species in the field. Isn’t it amazing how the Creator of these Avian Wonders goes into such details in tail feather design. Along with the rest of the feathers attached to the birds. :)
“Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.” (Genesis 6:20 NKJV) [In to the Ark]
“Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
(Genesis 8:17 NKJV) [Out of the Ark]
Here are most of the birds that these feathers would be attached to:
- American Goldfinch through screen by Lee
- Anhinga Female resting
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Wild SD Zoo by Lee
- Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis) by Lee -Tamarac from photo
- Black-naped Oriole LPZoo by Lee
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) ©USFWS
- Seychelles Kestrel (Falco araeus) by Bob-Nan
- Black-capped Chickadee on snowy conifer
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) by Jim Fenton
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Brevard Zoo by Lee
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at NA by Lee
- Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) by Rat Kirkfield
- Boreal Owl (Aegolius-funereus) ©WikiC
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) ©Flickr Stan Lupo
- Californian Quail(Callipepla californica) by Ian
- Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) ©WikiC
- Great Blue Heron – Lake Morton 6-28-12 by Lee
- Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) by Daves BirdingPix
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) at Cincinnati Zoo by Lee
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) by Ray
- Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) at NA
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) ©WikiC
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) ©WikiC
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Swooping Down ©Netns Wildlifezone
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) by Michael Woodruff
- Northern Cardinal Pair ©
- Roadrunner at Living Desert Zoo CA by Lee
- Limpkin – Lake Morton 6-28-12 by Lee
- Monk Parakeet (myiopsitta-monachus) by Lee
- Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) by Lee at Honeymoon Is SP
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) by Reinier Munguia
- Nene (Branta sandvicensis) ©WikiC
- Merlin by Jim Fenton
- Lewis’ Woodpecker
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) by Lee at Honeymoon Is SP
- Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) “Ring-necked” for Birds Illustrated
- Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus Muta) ©WikiC
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) by Ray
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) ©USFWS
- Snowy Owl for Birds Illustrated by Color Photography, 1897
- Short-eared Owl by Wikipedia
- Tufted Puffin
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) by Ian
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Cumberland Gap by Dan
- Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) by Lee at Desert Museum AZ
- Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) by Ray
- Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) by Daves BirdingPix
- Wood Duck – Lake Morton by Lee
- Wood Stork and Lee by Dan at Lake Morton
- Lee feeding Wood Stork at Lake Morton by Dan Jan 2011
- Whooping Crane (Grus americana) ©Netnebraska.org
The size. Colour & diversity of the feathers again highlights the creative artistry of our amazing Creator, Lee
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