It may affect his steering in flight, but they will grow back.
a bird is a bird
Tail feathers are for steering, like the rudder on a boat.
flight feathers
tail feathers
the tail has flight feathers and the flight feathers help a bird to fly.
we are asking is there not a baby bird with yellow veins in its feathers
No, penguins have wings and tails, but they use them to swim not fly. They don't have feathers.
peacock
I dont know about the female but a Male Cardnial appeared at my feeder today with out any tail feathers and I watchd him fly to a tree branch. My question would be why did this bird not have any tail ferthers?
The feathers that are found primarily on the wing or the tail of a bird are known as pennaceous feathers. The ones on the tail are called rectrices while those of the wings are called remiges.
Yes, many birds can swim. How do they do this without messing up their wings/feathers? it's because in a gland near the bird's tail is some oil, when a bird preens he spreads the waterproof oil all over his feathers to keep the bird from drowning. (preening is when a bird straightens out his/her feathers to keep them intact with his/her beak.)
crissal Tail Feathers are known as Retrices