08-12-2016, 04:43 PM
(08-12-2016, 04:15 PM)Lost Rinoah Wrote:I'm not sure, these feathers do fly far but not high enough, and my yard is barricaded by about 4-6ft of...you guess it steel reinforced concrete and cement brick walls....yeah houses here are more secure than prisons here honestly.....(08-12-2016, 03:33 PM)SCN-3_NULL Wrote: My best gues is damage, but the feather still looked pretty mice to me though i kinda doubt they really pull it out themself as it would be rather painful seeing the thickness of the shaft, it's most likely loose and due to be replaced.
but pruning is painful to them in the first place, as they do pull damaged feathers. But yeah. The feather is undamaged, thus my guess that it's from a dead one, as feathers that are due to be replaced tend to be frail and uneven. Plus I've had a dead owl in my back yard. After the carcasse rotted away the feathers just blew away, leaving the skeleton. That's how I observed what happens. The feathers slowly go everywhere. And without a lot of grass cover the feathers can be blown massive distances.