Air is an insulator. Air trapped in the puffed up feathers of the bird is warmed by the birds own body heat and stays trapped close to the birds skin. This is similar to how a divers wet suit works. The water of a wet suit is warmed by the heat of the divers body and is trapped within the space between the skin and the material of the wet suit which insulates the diver from the much colder water surrounding them.
By fluffing up their feathers birds trap extra air around their bodies which acts as heat insulation and reduces heat loss from their bodies.
it helps them to keep warm
Insulation from the cold.
All birds have feathers and birds are the only animals that do!
As with other birds, the wing of a blue jay is covered in feathers.
No. Only birds have feathers. Kangaroos are mammals, not birds.
Yes. Kingfishers are birds, and all birds have feathers.
Pretty much all birds have feathers
no they have feathers
There are no animals that have feathers besides birds.
Cassowaries are birds so, like all birds, they have feathers. Only mammals have fur.
Mammals are not covered with feathers. Mammals grow hair, but do not have to be covered with hair. Birds are covered with feathers.
NO!! because they have feathers
Yes, especially because they are birds. :)
Cute question! Birds like to get high. Feathers allow birds to fly.