[PW] A moping period for eagles?

[John Henderson]

How about confusion with "molting period"? Molting of old feathers  
and the growth of new feathers requires a certain amount of energy,  
so there may be some reduced activity in eagles. The loss of feathers  
for most birds of flight, however, typically occurs in such a way  
that flight is not inhibited.

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library
jhenderson at ithaca.edu

On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:

List:

I have a professor that is trying to reseach the factuality of a the  
tale that an adult eagle goes through a time of inactivity called the  
"moping period." He's found it used in sermons, but needs to confirm  
the details. does anyone have any sort of idea if this "urban legend"  
is in fact true?


Kevin

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