What's that name again?
The Joys of Being a Bird
Anatomy of a feather
Types of Feathers
Specialty Feathers
Bonus
100
Baby bird after hatching
What is a hatchling
100
Soaking up the sun
What is sunbathing
100
The thick, hard pole found in the middle of a feather, usually hollow, and easily bent
What is the shaft
100
Gives shape and form to the bird; allows it to fly
What is contour feather
100
Flight feathers on the tail, helps steer and balance while flying
What are retrices
100
Animals born with no pigment, white and red eyes
What is albino
200
Another name for water birds such as duck, geese, and penguins
What is waterfowl
200
The loss of old feathers that are then replaced by new ones
What is molting
200
Bottom part of the shaft attached to the wing/body
What is the quill
200
Shaftless feather with a small quill, puffy hairs provide warmth for the bird
What is down
200
Flight feathers on the wing
What are remiges
200
Quill, Shaft, Barbule, Vane, Barb
A. Vane
B. Shaft
C. Barb
D. Barbule
E. Quill
300
Produces reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows found in the food birds eat
What is carotenoid
300
Birds will run their beaks across their feathers to hook the barbules back together when they've become unhooked; done to clean or waterproof themselves
What is preening
300
Soft part of the feather
What is the vane
300
Tiny white feathers hidden underneath the contours
What is semiplume
300
The three types of remiges in order
What is primary, secondary, tertiary
300
Birds that do not waterproof their feathers so that it will sink to the bottom of the lake
What are cormorants
400
Red and green pigments produced by birds
What is porphyrin
400
Bathing in ants to treat/ward off lice and mites
What is anting
400
Looks like tiny hairs
What are barbs
400
Teeny, tiny feathers that look like hair, relay messages to a bird's brain to adjust the position of a feather
What is filoplume
400
Contour feathers not used for flight
What are coverts
400
Little sac of oil that is located at the base of the tail feathers, using its beak to push oil out of the sac onto its bill and runs it along the feathers
What is preen gland
500
Brown and black pigments
What is melanin
500
During molting each feather on one wing usually falls off with another feather located in the exact same place on the opposite wind
What is symmetrical molting
500
Set of tiny little hairs on each barb, resembling hooks and latches
What are barbules
500
Tiny feathers that look like animal hair
What is bristle
500
Special kind of down feather that grows all the time and its tip crumbles into a very fine powder
What is powder down feathers
500
Makes up the shaft (hint:human nails contain this)
What is keratin