Date: May. 7th, 2023 07:51 pm (UTC)
regshoe: Redwing, a brown bird with a red wing patch, perched in a tree (Default)
From: [personal profile] regshoe
I remember reading about that! Apparently the coloured tufts encourage parents to feed the chicks—the parent birds will feed more brightly-coloured chicks preferentially, which selects for more ornamentation.

Hooray for edits, and I'm sure it's great :) And all those words on the new fic too, well done!
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