Fine Feathers

Fine Feathers

Fine Feathers

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Fine Feathers

1968

0h 5m

6.9(5 votes)

Animation

Overview

Two duelling birds get the urge to change their plumage. A blue jay wants to be decked out in the green of cedar, and a loon dons the burnished red of oak leaves, but neither bird foresees the consequences of vanity.

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