One Red Egret Feather
I saw a great egret getting rid his feathers, so I picked up a few. They are quite smooth.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fashion designers used nuptial feathers of egrets to adorn women's hats. This triggered large-scale exploitation of egrets throughout the world. The hunting of the adults resulted in abandonment of the nests and thus reproductive failure and later to population decline. Despite subsequent bans on egret hunting, prices as high as $50-60 per ounce (37.8 g, which required the nuptial plumes of six birds) were an important stimulus for poachers. The fashion was abandoned only when Queen Alexandra of England prohibited the use of the feather-adorned hats in the court.
www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/2000-1/baja.htm
One Red Egret Feather
I saw a great egret getting rid his feathers, so I picked up a few. They are quite smooth.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fashion designers used nuptial feathers of egrets to adorn women's hats. This triggered large-scale exploitation of egrets throughout the world. The hunting of the adults resulted in abandonment of the nests and thus reproductive failure and later to population decline. Despite subsequent bans on egret hunting, prices as high as $50-60 per ounce (37.8 g, which required the nuptial plumes of six birds) were an important stimulus for poachers. The fashion was abandoned only when Queen Alexandra of England prohibited the use of the feather-adorned hats in the court.
www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/2000-1/baja.htm