Feathered friends fascinate at NFWC

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com Birds are the only animals in the world that have feathers. Perhaps that accounts in part for why humans find birds so fascinating. Not only are feathers strikingly beautiful, but they are at once soft and strong, both lightweight and highly warming. Most of all, the way feathers grow on a bird allows it to fly – masterfully, using its own energy, natural anatomy and instinctive navigation. Scientists estimate that there are between 9,000 and 11,0