Post by nikeajax on Apr 13, 2019 12:31:25 GMT -8
www.huffpost.com/entry/snorkeler-owl-rescue_n_5cb211cee4b098b9a2d4606c
What's really cool is the guy didn't have to do what he did: he went above and beyond what most people would bother with.
If you look in the second image you can see that the bird's flight feathers were damaged, those furthest out. They don't mention it in the story but when they do a feather transplant, they cut the feather off between the vane and shaft:
1. Vane
2. Rachis
3. Barb
4. Afterfeather
5. Hollow shaft, calamus
then glue a small tube into a donor feather and that is glued onto the shaft that's still in the bird
Jaybird
What's really cool is the guy didn't have to do what he did: he went above and beyond what most people would bother with.
If you look in the second image you can see that the bird's flight feathers were damaged, those furthest out. They don't mention it in the story but when they do a feather transplant, they cut the feather off between the vane and shaft:
1. Vane
2. Rachis
3. Barb
4. Afterfeather
5. Hollow shaft, calamus
then glue a small tube into a donor feather and that is glued onto the shaft that's still in the bird
Jaybird
