Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Feather Care

Our (teenage) eaglet instinctively uses the waxy waterproof secretion from its uropygial gland to preen, clean and arrange its prized new feathers. All this preening helps stimulate feather growth and keeps feathers flexible and weather-proof.

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