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    Understanding wing feathers

    Apr 06, 2019 2 minutes
    ART AND TEXT BY DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY

    ing patterns might seem complicated at first glance, but the good news is that the arrangement of wing feathers on all kinds of birds is quite similar (and is nearly identical on all songbirds). So learning the feathers on

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