Feathers

Today I would like to show you a part of my feather collection. Last month, a  lot of birds were moulting, so when I went outside, I could gather a lot of feathers in the parks and fields in my neighborhood.

This picture shows two tailfeathers of pheasants (the ones in the bottles). The biggest one is from a male Chinese Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus). The smaller one is from a female Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchius). The beautiful blue-gray feather in the front is from a Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea).

There are several feathers in the pharmacy jar. I keep the smaller ones in this jar, so they stay clean and free of dust. The feathers you can see in the jar on this picture are from a female Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and Wild Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). The feather on the front is from a Greylag Goose (Anser anser). As you can see, I turned it into a quill.

This is just a small part of all the feathers in my collection, but I thought it would be nice to show some to you.