Birds wear many feathers. Little songbirds, like chickadees, titmice and wrens, are covered with 2,000 to 4,000 assorted sizes of feathers. Birds of prey sport 5,000 to 8,000, while swans can have ...

Keeping Feathers Off Hats–and On Birds A new exhibit examines the fashion that led to the passage, 100 years ago, of the Migratory Bird Act Treaty ...