Birds & Blooms

This mourning dove

- Martin Torres PORT HURON, MICHIGAN

was certainly comfortabl­e and content perching in my backyard in Michigan. It let me get close as it preened and ruffled its feathers.

Birds preen to adjust the way their barbules, tiny strands of feathers, interlock. This maintains their water-resistant coat.

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