Oct 01 2010
If you look closely at this common yellowthroat’s eye you’ll see something like eyelashes surrounding it. Those “eyelashes” are actually feathers called orbital feathers.
Not all birds have orbital feathers — some have bare skin — but in a beauty contest for long eyelashes ostriches would win the prize. (Click here to see.)
How amazing that their eyelashes are made of feathers instead of tiny hairs!