I'm sure its the primaries and the secondrys
about 5,000
Yes, very much so. Feathers come in three general varieties: 1. Flight feathers, 2. Plumage or ornamental feathers, 3. Down The feathers underneath the flight feathers keep the bird warm.
how the feathers protect the bird
As far as we know, there is no bird living without feathers.
how the feathers protect the bird
It will not be able to fly with no feathers. Feathers keep a bird warm. If its feathers are gone it will die of cold. Most importantly feathers help a bird to escape from predators.
A circle of feathers usually indicates a bird has died or been plucked.down
Another name for bird feathers is down.
Down feathers are feathers that lie under a birds body and primary feathers. These feathers are small and puffy, and trap warm air under a bird's feathers.
They 'pren' their feathers
Feathers that are on the neck of a bird.
Turkeys have many types of feathers such as beard, crest, ear tuft, flight covert, fluff, lesser sickles, main tail feathers, muff, neck hackles, primary flights, saddle, scapular, secondaries, sickles, tail coverts, vulture hocks, wing bar, and wing bow coverts.