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Birds swell their feather in winter. Why ?

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Birds swell their feather in winter. Why ?

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By doing so, they enclose more air between feathers and their body. the air being bad conductor of heat slows down the flow of our body heat to the outside. thus, a bird feels warmer in winter by swelling their feather.

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