A Purple Finch in the middle of molting makes for a strange picture but is an essential part of the bird's life.

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At about 10 months old, the beloved bird has begun fledging, or losing his fluffy baby feathers and gaining sleek adult ones Pesto the penguin is going through some big changes! At about 10 months old ...

Researchers used 13 years' worth of data on 134 bird species to come to their conclusion. They studied molting patterns from 2011 to 2024 and found that fall migratory birds consistently molted a day ...

At about 10 months old, the beloved bird has begun fledging, or losing his fluffy baby feathers and gaining sleek adult ones Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...