Focusing primarily on birds, this introduction to molting describes the kinds of feathers that birds have and explains how feathers grow and how, why, and when birds shed their feathers

Examines how many different types of animals, such as crustaceans, insects, and reptiles, shed their skins.

Product Description: To most observers, molt seems an overwhelming subject. But birders use many aspects of molt more than they realize to distinguish juvenile birds from adults, to pick out an individual hummingbird from among dozens visiting a feeder, and much more...read more