Male Mallard Duck Preening
by Lyuba Filatova
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Male Mallard Duck Preening
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
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Description
Birds have up to 25,000 feathers, and regular preening keeps each one of those feathers in top condition. Preening is a bird's way of grooming its feathers to keep them in the best condition. While preening, birds will remove dust, dirt and parasites from their feathers and align each feather in the optimum position relative to adjacent feathers and body shape. Birds use their bills and feet to preen each feather on their body, methodically nibbling or stroking every feather from its base to its tip to get it aligned just so.
Most birds will preen several times a day to keep themselves healthy.
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July 4th, 2018
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