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POPSVelociraptor had feathers Though they lost their ability to fly somewhere along their evolution, they retained their feathers. They weigh a lot less than I would have thought though, only about 30 pounds. Compare that to a modern ostrich. Scrawny little thing...
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POPSHow some dinosaurs evolved into birds Researches at NCSU studied a new dinosaur species , Mahakala omnogovae. (Related to Velociraptor!) The study found that small size was common among the two lineages that eventually evolved into birds, and that this size was evolved earlier than previously thought, before the ability to fly.