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From the Latin for "anoint before", it's the process by which a bird cleans its feathers with its beak |
preening
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$600 |
DJ |
BIRDWATCHER'S LINGO |
1999-05-24 |
#3401 |
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Term for the process of a bird cleaning its feathers by running its beak through them |
preening
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$300 |
J |
BIRDS |
1990-10-19 |
#1410 |
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This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers |
Preening
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$600 |
DJ |
BIRDS |
1990-03-29 |
#1294 |
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This process of cleaning & smoothing feathers w/their bills is to birds what primping is to people |
preening
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$300 |
J |
BIRDS |
1988-09-16 |
#925 |