[va-richmond-general] Re: bald female cardinal

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  • To: warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx, ezwicky2@xxxxxxxxx, va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 11:56:17 -0400

Hi -- we have seen both male and female cardinals without their rough at our 
feeder too.  Thank  you  for the references.
 
In a message dated 9/2/2017 11:14:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
 I'm not sure about the reason but that happens every year. It's possible 
it's just molting.
Al Warfield

-----Original Message----- 
From: Zwicky, Eric
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2017 10:51 AM
To: Richmond Audubon Society mailing list
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: bald female cardinal

I guess I should have looked it up first. Here's some search
results I found:

https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/solving-the-mystery-of-what-causes-bald-cardinals/15565.html

http://www.tulsaaudubon.org/bald_cardinals-bluejays.htm

https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/getting-started/why-is-that-bird-bald/

Bottom line - nobody's really sure. Could be mites, an unusualmolt, or
environmental factors.

Eric


On 9/2/2017 10:37 AM, Zwicky, Eric wrote:

There's a female cardinal at my tube feeder who has no feathers on her 
head. Like a buzzard. Has anybody seen this before? Could it be 
disease? Fighting?


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