This appears to be an adult female Northern Cardinal. I think immature have a dark horn-colored or blackish bill at least during the year they hatch. Adults have orange to red bills. Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jmellon Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 9:27 PM To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Immature female Cardinal? I think that this is an immature female cardinal. I did not know that they came so early. John mellon Greene county Sent from my Galaxy S®III