Spring Makeover for Birds! - Seasonal Plumage

Fashion changes with the season, and birds across the world are about to change their colors. Let's see some of the most dramatic feather changes in the world! Please subscribe to continue learning what makes life AWESOME: BioBush.tv/sub...
In this video we will see birds that have a few different strategies for changing their feathers each year. Most male ducks go through a time where they molt ALL their flight feathers, and also quickly molt into a stealthy, safe set of colors. This is called Eclipse Plumage.
Other birds change their colors just for the courtship season. They molt a second time at the end of the season to regain their off-season colors.
Finally, there are birds which not only change colors, but also grow entirely new feathers just for the courtship season!
I hope you learn something new about these beautiful birds. Let me know which seasonal transformation you liked the most!
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Photo "Eclipsed Male Mandarin Duck. Aix galericulata" by gailhampshire, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
Video "5.2.10 Veuve dominicaine (Vidua macroura, Pin-tailed Whydah)" by Alain Fossé ( • 5.2.10 Veuve dominicai... ). Used under Creative Commons cc-by 3.0.
Photo "Madagascar red fody" by kuhnmi, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
Photo "Foudia madagascariensis" by Donald Hobern, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
Photo "Superb Fairy-wren (Male, eclipse form)" by Paul Balfe, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
Photo "Tricolored Heron fishing, Circle B Bar Reserve Florida, March 2011" by James Diedrick, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
Photo "Ptarmigan" by Denali National Park and Preserve, via Flickr (www.flickr.com.... Used under Creative Commons cc-by 2.0.
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