Piranga ludoviciana- Lauren HeltonFor Month of Love 2019: BeautyEach spring, many migratory songbird
Piranga ludoviciana- Lauren HeltonFor Month of Love 2019: BeautyEach spring, many migratory songbirds grow in a showy coat of colorful feathers. This coloration, called alternate plumage, helps birds, usually adult males, attract a partner for the nesting season. It’s energetically expensive to grow new colorful feathers in and it makes them more conspicuous to predators, but such is the price of beauty in the avian world. -- source link
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