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Monday Mystery 032116
Found this feather in my yard by the Celery Farm earlier this month.
A bird of what species might this belong to?
(Pardon the grammar. Just between you and me, I am part Pennsylvania Dutch.)
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I would hazard a guess that it is a swan feather…
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I never thought I’d get into a debate over who is more Pennsylvania Dutch.
Just for the record, I am part Shoop. And we grow too soon old und too late shmart. -
An escaped feather from a down coat maybe?
Throw the horse over the fence some hay.
Go by the door out.
I will match my Pennsylvania Dutch roots against yours any day. Molly
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Marianne Herrmann
I would hazard a guess that it is a swan feather…
Jim Wright
I never thought I’d get into a debate over who is more Pennsylvania Dutch.
Just for the record, I am part Shoop. And we grow too soon old und too late shmart.
Molly Gardener
An escaped feather from a down coat maybe?
Throw the horse over the fence some hay.
Go by the door out.
I will match my Pennsylvania Dutch roots against yours any day. Molly