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Old 02-12-2010, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete[_9_] View Post

Interesting point about water.

I would have thought that they were able to secure moisture from nature at
this time of year.
Apparently they need to wash their feathers to get out the dirt and increase the insulation properties.
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