Lately Opie's molted feathers look weird toward the end.
If you hold them up to the light they have random wavy dark lines toward the ends. Turning them over shows me these seem to be vanes that are doubled up/overlapping.
I'm pretty sure these are not stress bars, but I don't know if it's just messy old feathers or something.. else?
It's odd because there are no gaps in the vanes, just some that are somehow extra or something?
Front of feather
Back of feather
If you hold them up to the light they have random wavy dark lines toward the ends. Turning them over shows me these seem to be vanes that are doubled up/overlapping.
I'm pretty sure these are not stress bars, but I don't know if it's just messy old feathers or something.. else?
It's odd because there are no gaps in the vanes, just some that are somehow extra or something?
Front of feather
Back of feather