E38 Peter Pyle — Molt, Feathers & the Hidden Science of Birds
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From growing up in Hawai‘i and Washington, D.C. to spending decades on the Farallon Islands, Peter Pyle has lived at the intersection of birds, science, and curiosity. A founding figure in modern bird banding and the author of the definitive guides to bird molt and plumage, Peter joins Scott Harris for a wide-ranging conversation about how feathers shape everything we think we know about birds.
Together, they explore what molt really is, why it matters, how birds replace their feathers without losing the ability to fly, and how studying “scruffy” birds has unlocked entirely…
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