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Frodo is molting.

9/8/2010

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Birds molt once a year.  It is a gradual exchange of feathers as they drop the old ones and new ones grow in their place. It takes an enormous amount of energy to grow all those feathers, so my birds get a little extra food now and then, and take lots of baths, all to help those feathers grow in strong and pretty.

Mr. Frodo was having a particularly bad hair day in this picture.  The last time I checked, his head looked even worse.  I will update you with the finished product once he is looking spiffy again.

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    Author, Gina Holt


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