When screech owls molt they lose all of their head feathers at once--every August you can count on our owls being bald. I suspect many birds do this as some of our other education birds lose many of theirs at once. Just not as bad as screech owls do. The attached picture of the screech was when he had started to grow them back in. But they do get bald as an egg. Eileen Eileen Wicker Raptor Rehabilitation of KY Inc. (502) 491-1939 Raptors on The River Conference Oct.28-30, 2005 The Galt House Hotel--Louisville Kentucky www.raptorrehab.org -----Original Message----- From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Morris Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:24 PM To: BIRDKY (E-mail) Subject: [birdky] Cradinal loss of head feaathers I have had a call from a man who has seen a Cardinal with out any feathers on it head and he was not the first time this has happened. I have had other calls and have seen this condition in other birds myself. Do any of you know what causes this? Is it part of the molting process or some disease? Can anyone help me? Thanks Bob Morris Lexington
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