Jonathan Franzen

Only in my 40s did I become a person whose heart lifts whenever he hears a grosbeak singing or a towhee calling, and who hurries out to see a golden plover that's been reported in the neighbourhood, just because it's a beautiful bird, with truly golden plumage, and has flown all the way from Alaska.

American Novelist

Kate Christensen

Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.

Rosecrans Baldwin

My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.

Christian Louboutin

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

French Designer

Saadi

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Iranian Poet

Peter R. Grant

The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.

American Scientist

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.

Plumage varies by bird species and can indicate age or sex.

Bird Species

Birds may use plumage to attract mates or intimidate rivals.

Display Purpose

Some birds change plumage seasonally for camouflage or mating.

Seasonal Change

Arrow plumage influences flight stability and accuracy.

Archery Precision

Plumage in archery is technical jargon, less known outside the sport.

Technical Vocabulary

Maintaining an arrow's plumage is key to its longevity.

Equipment Care

Plumage can also refer to decorative aspects on non-bird creatures.

Beyond Birds

Plumage on animals is often for display or attraction.

Visual Appeal

Healthy plumage or fur can signify a well-cared-for animal.

Sign of Health

 people selected for traits like head plumage and fabulously feathered feet. As we carried pigeons around the world, they escaped or were released, forming the wild urban flocks we're familiar with today. Pigeons are now one of the most abundant, widespread species on the planet, managing to thrive in chaotic cities.

How pigeons took over...

 the branches of the trees that keep reaching for the canopy those branches that are below they drop dead because there's no sunlight to sustain them I don't want to be just sort of a just leaves on the top I want full plumage I want to be old and wise in the middle of

If You Were a Tree... -...

 sure said ostrich did I said giraffe James James doesn't believe I said giraffe sorry everybody if I did well it's clearly not a giraffe it is an ostrich beautiful ostrich with the black and white plumage so essentially the reason why males are black and females

Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...

 because nowadays, they're brown. The brown color variant is the genetically dominant form of plumage in this species, but historically, the recessive pale gray variant triumphed because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in.

Can wildlife adapt to...

 geese had no idea what their plumage was was writing technology influences form it does not have the same attachment to meaning as we do so in the future I anticipate that writing will be even easier and even quicker and require even

The evolution of the...

 no he has a retention females prefer males that really shine the more his plumage absorbs UV sitter and healthy are here she's impressed and invites him to premium the budgie sensory world continues under our radar as it does

Budgie Courtship Ritual...

 so much work on uh these really exceptional you know feathered dinosaurs we have a question from the audience about uh about plumage about skin and about coloration i mean this has been such an important

Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...

 world's greatest glamour boys the red-capped Manakin they're born showman designed to dazzle with each trying to outshine the others with their brilliant plumage fancy footwork and startling wings net

Glamorous Birds PIPE Battle...

 you know better dear juvenile battery of course and takes them about eight years to reach their adult plumage well I'm gonna just sit there for a little bit and hopefully a

Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...

 movements a sign of their common ancestry the male's dazzling and distinctive plumage helps the female pick a mate of her own count