![]() ![]() When it first started it looked like he was going gray and then eventually I could see his black head showing through. Since that first sighting, I saw a male cardinal who had head feathers but started to look more and more faded and scraggly until he was bald. When I first noticed him I didn’t think it was the usual molting time. I wish I had kept better notes because I’m not sure for how long he was without. I think my cardinal finally grew head feathers. Hi Kate: I just discovered your comments re my report of a bald cardinal. Or, are we seeing a different bird with a similar condition? Is it possible that a cardinal would have a feeding range of over two miles? (I am in a suburban area bordering woods as well as open country). I will be sure to keep tabs on him as I intend to keep my feed out all year. She told me she saw him last year as well and was glad to see he was still around. I’ve seen him feeding her (or maybe it was a baby?).Ī birder who lives over two miles from me believes she has the same bird coming to her feeder. ![]() She looks like a normal, healthy female cardinal. He appears to be healthy and he has a mate who arrives with him. ![]() His head has looked the same the entire time. I’ve been observing my cardinal for months now, starting in late winter/early spring this year. I do not believe this is due to molting or a warm weather phenomenon. I started feeling badly about that moniker, so I now refer to him as “Handsome Boy”. I had named him Knucklehead Smiff after a ventriloquist’s dummy that I grew up watching on a kids show which was broadcast in the New York City in the 1960’s. I have a cardinal visiting my feeder who looks exactly like the one in the photos above! I’ve tried to photograph my bird but he doesn’t stay long enough and is too active for me to get a clear photo. Hi Don and Susan: I am not an expert, but I have to report what I am observing. ![]()
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