Date: 1/20/26 4:20 pm
From: larry corridon <larry961357...>
Subject: [MBBIRDS] NYTimes.com: Nature’s Super Feather
This was a really interesting article about those little wispy feathers that I've seen at the base of a regular, shall we say, feather.

Larry


Nature’s Super Feather

Filoplumes may be tiny, but these hairlike feathers enable nonstop flights that span thousands of miles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/science/birds-feathers-filoplumes-cornell.html?<unlocked_article_code...>&smid=em-share

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