Key points:

- Imping helps rehabilitate birds of prey with damaged flight feathers

- It involves joining a donor feather to the shaft of a broken feather with wooden dowels and glue

- An injured barn owl has recently benefited from Melanie Barsony's skills. #birds #raptors #feathers #imping #animals #nature #falconry

The 'fine art' of feather repair saving birds of prey from starvation - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-16/bird-of-prey-saved-by-imping-broken-feathers/102093216

this is so good 😭 :heart_fire: "#imping - feather transplants for #birds with severed clipped wings that can return their ability to fly almost immediately"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/brisbane-vet-operating-on-wing-clipped-birds-returned-to-flight/101616268