[birdky] Re: Bald Bob

I find that we, too, have a bald Cardinal--well at least partially bald. This 
is the first time we have ever seen this fellow and I am trying to get a photo..

Millie Farmer
St. Matthews, KY
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michele 
  To: Bird line 
  Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:07 AM
  Subject: [birdky] Bald Bob


  Every year around this time, one of my back yard cardinals goes bald.  We 
call him Bob.  Bob goes bald when he has a youngin following him around 
insisting on being fed.  Mind you, the youngins are as big as Bob.  Poor Bob 
flys back and forth from the feeder to the constantly chirping baby. For a week 
or so, Bob patiently coaxes the little guys to the feeder until they eat on 
their own.. Last year the stubborn kid sat on the feeder but refused to bend 
over and pick up his own food. He insisted (loudly) that Bob pick up the seed 
and put it in his mouth.That lasted 2 days.  Bob finally flew to a nearby tree 
and left him there. The squawking child sat on the feeder for about an hour 
yelling his head off.  Poor old Bald Bob just sat up in the tree and watched. 
The little guy finally got the message that he was on his own and started 
feeding himself.   It was only than that Bob flew off. 

  Humans arn't the only ones to have problem children that make you lose your 
hair.  

  Michele
  Louisville KY.

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