Large feather ID - Oregon, USA (1 Viewer)

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coltrv

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• Jul 12, 2020

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My apologies if I’m posting this in the wrong forum.

My dad has had this feather for as long as I can remember. He says it’s from a red-tailed hawk, but it doesn’t seem to match any of the pictures I can find on the internet. It’s about 13.5 inches long (~34 cm). I believe he found it somewhere in Oregon, although the exact location and date are unknown.

 

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KC Foggin

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• Jul 12, 2020

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You've posted it the right section now hopefully someone will have an answer for you cause I don't think it is from a Red-tailed.

 

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coltrv

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• Jul 12, 2020

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Did some research, I think it’s a peacock flight feather, I think they’re often used for quill pens. Maybe my dad was lying to me about finding it.

 

KC Foggin

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• Jul 12, 2020

• #4

I deleted it for you

 

njlarsen

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• Jul 12, 2020

• #5

Isn't a feather of that size indicating a grouse or turkey? There is more information in the pattern of the feather but I cannot figure out what it means ...

Niels

 

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coltrv

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• Jul 12, 2020

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All I can find is stores selling peacock feathers that look just like mine, such as this one. Note the similarities between the two, such as the reddish-brown patch towards the bottom of the feather. I wish I could find more information about these feathers since the only ones I can find are being sold from obscure websites.

 

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Nutcracker

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• Jul 12, 2020

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coltrv said:

My dad has had this feather for as long as I can remember. He says it’s from a red-tailed hawk, but it doesn’t seem to match any of the pictures I can find on the internet. It’s about 13.5 inches long (~34 cm). I believe he found it somewhere in Oregon, although the exact location and date are unknown.

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coltrv said:

Did some research, I think it’s a peacock flight feather, I think they’re often used for quill pens. Maybe my dad was lying to me about finding it.

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Some people with large gardens keep Peacocks as decorative pets, it could easily be he found a feather dropped by one of these, it doesn't have to be from a shop :t:

 

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fdokykcu

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• Jul 12, 2020

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They also sell them for fly-fishing

Nutcracker said:

Some people with large gardens keep Peacocks as decorative pets, it could easily be he found a feather dropped by one of these, it doesn't have to be from a shop :t:

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coltrv

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• Jul 12, 2020

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Nutcracker said:

it could easily be he found a feather dropped by one of these, it doesn't have to be from a shop

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Yeah I realized that. I think he found it at a job site when he was working as a landscaper, so maybe a peacock lived nearby and he didn’t realize it was a peacock feather.

 

KC Foggin

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• Jul 12, 2020

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Glad you got a name for the bird that the feather came from