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Feathers Flying

This juvenile Trumpeter Swan does the wing exercise thing in place - a common behavior - and I note tiny parts of feathers are in the air... I always wonder why they do this? A simple stretch of the wings/muscles? Warming things up for flying? What do you think?

 

Taken 25 September 2020 near Wasilla, Alaska.

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