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wee man | 18:44 Mon 23rd Oct 2006 | Animals & Nature
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what is the name for when a young bird looses its down feathers it is born with and becomes an adult bird ?
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Fledgling
19:35 Mon 23rd Oct 2006
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think you mean fledging? Fledgling is the bird, the process of moulting the downy feathers and replacing with adult plumage is fledging.
20:21 Mon 23rd Oct 2006
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moulting?
10:45 Tue 24th Oct 2006
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Its definately a fledgling.
20:18 Tue 24th Oct 2006
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Like burnhal says; fledging.
21:54 Tue 24th Oct 2006

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