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  • A close look at the back of a captive emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) reveals a range of blue, violet and golden colors in the patterns of its feathers. The flightless bird is endemic to Australia and is the world's second-largest bird by height.
    Emu_Feathers_Back_Detail_9536.jpg
  • A captive peacock — specifically Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) — fans out his tail feathers to display the colorful eyespots contained on them. Peacocks typically drag their feathers in a long train, which can make up 60 percent of the length of their bodies. The Indian peafowl is a member of the pheasant family and is native to South Asia.
    Peacock_Tail-Display_Tacoma_5086.jpg
  • A captive peacock — specifically Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) — displays its tail feathers as a long train, which in most peacocks makes up 60 percent of their body length. The Indian peafowl is a member of the pheasant family and is native to South Asia.
    Peacock_Tail-Train_Tacoma_3849.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), approximately seven weeks old, adjusts its flight feathers from the edge of its nest. Less than two weeks later, this eaglet made its first flight.
    BaldEagle_Eaglet_AdjustFeathers_3975.jpg
  • Flight feathers begin to grow on the back of a juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Feathers begin to grow on bald eagle chicks by the time they are 27 days old. The dark feathers grow in tracts, starting with their head and back.
    BaldEagle_Chick_FeatherDevelopment_9...jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests in a tree. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_6710.jpg
  • Feathers of ice cover a window that looks out sunlit forest in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Ice_Window_9982.jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree that is beginning to leaf out. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Iridescence_Landin...jpg
  • A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) lands on a maple tree on a rainy day. Males in the Calypte genus of hummingbirds are quite distinctive with iridescent crowns. All hummingbirds, however, have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light and reflects them directly in front of the bird. The bright flashes of color are visible only when the bird is facing you. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others..
    Hummingbird_Annas_Landing_7518.jpg
  • A feather from a very young bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) lies on the ground beneath the bird's nest. This was one of the bird's early development feathers and was eventually replaced by flight feathers.
    BaldEagle_Eaglet_Feather_5827.jpg
  • A developmental feather from a very young bald eage (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) lies on the ground beneath the eaglet's nest. The eaglet that this feather was from began flying shortly after it was two months old. This was one of the last developmental feathers before it flew.
    BaldEagle_Eaglet_Feather_5832.jpg
  • Shown against a white background, the structure of an American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) feature is visible.
    Feather_Crow_3345.jpg
  • A Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) attempts to pull fringe feathers from a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) as they both fly over a wetland in Skagit County, Washington.
    Heron_Great-Blue_Brewers-Blackbird_M...jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) shows off the iridescent feathers on its head and back while resting on the branch of a rhododenron in Snohomish County, Washington. All hummingbirds have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Branch_8200.jpg
  • An Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) shows off the iridescent feathers on its head and back while resting on the branch of a rhododenron in Snohomish County, Washington. All hummingbirds have iridescent plumage, which reflects certain wavelengths of light. Several features of the feathers result in the iridescence. Barbules, which are flat in most birds, are angled to form a V shape in hummingbirds. Also, the surface of the barbules is covered with microscopic discs containing tiny air bubbles that amplify certain colors of light and cancel out others.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Branch_8179.jpg
  • A young male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch near a marsh in Edmonds, Washington. This bird, photographed in December, is showing its winter plumage. Hummingbirds are the smallest of all birds, weighing less than 0.3 ounces. They also have iridescent plumage, which magnifies certain wavelengths of light. The iridescence comes from the fact that their feathers do not lie flat, but rather have a V-shaped trough running along each barb. Their feathers are also covered with microscopic discs filled with tiny air bubbles.
    Hummingbird_Annas_Winter_3786.jpg
  • A Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) rests on a broken branch in North Creek in Bothell, Washington. A cormorant's feathers are not water repellant, so they typically dive into the water only to feed. They spend most of their time on perches, drying their wings.
    Cormorant_DoubleCrested_NorthCreek_8...jpg
  • A red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) pauses between drilling holes in a tree in Everett, Washington. The red-breasted sapsucker is known for drilling neat rows of shallow holes into trees to collect sap. While clinging to the tree, they use their tail feathers to provide support.
    Sapsucker_Red-Breasted_Clinging_Ever...jpg
  • A common raven (Corvus corax) flies over Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. A wall of the Grand Canyon is visible in the background and is partially reflected on the raven's shiny feathers.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6300.jpg
  • Numerous common eiders (Somateria mollissima) nest on the shore at Þorpar, Iceland, located next to a large fjord in the northwestern part of the country. Common eiders are a large sea duck that nest at the edge of the sea. Nests are lined with feathers plucked from the female eider's breast.
    Iceland_EidersNesting_Þorpar_2983.jpg
  • A common raven (Corvus corax) flies over Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. A wall of the Grand Canyon is visible in the background and is partially reflected on the raven's shiny feathers.
    Grand-Canyon_Raven_Desert-View_6872.jpg
  • A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) searches for food on a decaying Pacific Silver Fir tree (Abies amabilis) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers and are typically found in mature forests where they feed on carpenter ants. Male Pileated Woodpeckers can be identified by the red color at the base of their bills; all Pileated Woodpeckers have red feathers at the top of their crown.
    Woodpecker_Pileated_Arboretum_4591.jpg
  • An owlet of a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) pokes its head out from its mother's feathers on their nest near Wiley Slough in the Skagit Wildlife Area near Mount Vernon, Washington.
    Owl_Great-Horned_Nest_Owlet_5803.jpg
  • Numerous common eiders (Somateria mollissima) nest on the shore of Bitrufjörður, a large fjord in northwestern Iceland. Common eiders are a large sea duck that nest at the edge of the sea. Nests are lined with feathers plucked from the female eider's breast.
    Iceland_EidersNesting_Bitrufjordur_2...jpg
  • A spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) rests in a bare tree in early spring in Snohomish County, Washington. The spotted towhee is a type of sparrow. Spotted towhees in the western part of the bird's range, such as this one, have spots on their primary and secondary feathers; eastern towhees do not.
    Towhee_Spotted_Branch_Lynnwood_2089.jpg
  • A juvenile bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that recently fledged looks back at its nest in Heritage Park, Kirkland, Washington. The young eagle, approximately 12 weeks old, made its first flight a few days before this image was captured. Down and developmental feathers are visible on the nest and branches of the tree.
    BaldEagle_Juvenile_LookingAtNest_800...jpg
  • A common merganser (Mergus merganser) swims on the water of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington, with one of her downy young riding on her back, pecking at her neck feathers.
    Merganser_Mother_Chick_Renton_7037.jpg
  • A male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) searches for food on a decaying Pacific Silver Fir tree (Abies amabilis) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers and are typically found in mature forests where they feed on carpenter ants. Male Pileated Woodpeckers can be identified by the red color at the base of their bills; all Pileated Woodpeckers have red feathers at the top of their crown.
    Woodpecker_Pileated_Arboretum_Golden...jpg
  • An anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) dries its wings near a large pond in the Florida Everglades. The anhinga's feathers do not have protective oils for waterproofing like other birds. That lack of oil allows the anhinga to dive deep for fish, however, it must dry its wings after entering the water in order to fly well..
    Anhinga_DryingWings_3144.jpg
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