Hudern

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Huddling blackbird

The Hudern is a birding technical term . The protection of nestlings from the weather (cold, rain, excessive heat) by the breeding birds by sheltering their offspring under their wings or by warming and protecting them in their belly plumage is called hudding .

Grazing gray goose with chicks under the wing

The phrase someone under his wing to take should look similar to the Hudern.

Another meaning is the habit of chickens , to bathe in the sand and dust .

literature

• Hudern. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877, Sp. 1864–1873 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
• Hudern . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 8, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 755.