When a bird draws in a breath of air, it travels through the nares (or nostrils) down the trachea into a series of posterior air sacs located in the thorax and rump—in their butts. … The second and last exhalation is when the stale air leaves the bird’s body throughRead More →

When a bird draws in a breath of air, it travels through the nares (or nostrils) down the trachea into a series of posterior air sacs located in the thorax and rump—in their butts. … The second and last exhalation is when the stale air leaves the bird’s body throughRead More →