Why Do Birds Bathe_______________________________________________

Research on bird bathng

1. Why Do Birds Bathe?

2. Background Over 10,000 bird species [1] They live all over the world Scientists are fantastic about them A lot of research on bird flight Few research on why birds bathe

3. Goals Understand the purpose of bird bathing What role does bird bathing play in maintaining feather integrity? Does bathing facilitate the distribution of natural oils across feathers? Are additional mechanisms underlying bird bathing contributing to avian health, fitness, and overall performance?

4. Stress Not taking regular baths in water increases the plasma stress hormone levels, i.e., corticosterone (CORT) G. R. Bortolotti (2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01387

5. Effects of Bird Bathing on Flight Birds with access to bathing water had significantly higher factor 1 scores Brilot, B. O., & Bateson, M. (2012) https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.1200

6. Preliminary Data S caling of wing frequency (f) to body mass (M) is M ammals that resulted in  

7. Chicken bathing in water Chicken does not like to bathe in water

8. Current Experiments/etc. Collecting more bird feathers and bathing videos Film at the zoo Perform some shaker experiments