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Saturday Photo – Northern Cardinal with Character

This Northern Cardinal lost a lot of feathers around his eyes but still managed to find a great looking mate. We believe his mate is the same female two years ago that had no crest and who we nicknamed “crestless”.

Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal

Note: We are out in the field on our 72-hour bird count. We will be posting about our findings in the days to come so stay tuned!!

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  1. Lana says:

    I just noticed a male cardinal like this in our backyard recently, but he’s missing most of his head feathers. Has about 3 teeny bits left of his crest & little else. Poor guy!

    Posted on: May 26, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

  2. The Birdfreak Team says:

    Lana – We believe this to just be a molting issue or he got something on his head and lost his feathers. Either way, they should grow back (at least they did with the female cardinal)

    Posted on: May 28, 2008 @ 8:38 am

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