When I used to visit my father in law in late summer in Alabama – I saw bald Cardinals commonly. Apparently if the weather doesn’t get cold enough to kill off the mites, they really go to town on these birds From: bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GaryPoteat@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:09 PM To: mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx; bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Bald Cardinal Looks like a cross between a buzzard and a cardinal. That's a good one. Gary In a message dated 9/15/2010 10:41:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: President Mayhorn asked about “bald cardinals” at the Monday meeting. Here’s a picture taken on our Texas trip in 2009 of such a bird. [cid:image001.jpg@01CB5592.501E99C0] Jerry