[va-richmond-general] Re: va-richmond-general Digest V13 #123
- From: Lewis Barnett <blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kunsthure@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 10:41:40 -0400
See Bob Reilly's July 5 post to va-richmond-general on this phenomenon - it
might just be part of natural molt rather than mite infestation.I see a couple
of birds a year, Cardinals and Blue Jays, that look like this.
Lewis Barnett
On Jul 7, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Lisa Mease <kunsthure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A male and a female Cardinal with mites come to my feeders. They look so
> pitiful. I wish I could do something for them, not only to alleviate their
> personal suffering but also so they don't spread it to others. :(
>
> Here's a photo of the male. The female looks more scrappy than bald, almost
> a mid-molt kind of look.
>
> -Lisa
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> the hardest thing is rendering a moment moving too fast to endure. --
> incubus
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> * http://twitter.com/RVaMedic
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> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager
> <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> va-richmond-general Digest Sat, 05 Jul 2014 Volume: 13 Issue: 123
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> In This Issue:
> [va-richmond-general] Bald Headed Cardinal (actually Black)
> [va-richmond-general] Re: Bald Headed Cardinal (actually Bla
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> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 11:45:12 -0400
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Bald Headed Cardinal (actually Black)
> From: Erv Mueller <pondthree@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> or pest(s) ? Sorry I had no long-distance lens !!
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> IMG_1861.JPG
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> Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:23:56 -0400
> From: Bob Reilly <rreilly@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Bald Headed Cardinal (actually Black)
>
> Hi Erv,
> The following is from the Cornell Lab's All About Birds website:
>
> *Bald Birds*
> /Q. I’ve been seeing a bald cardinal at my feeder. Is it sick?/
>
> A. In fall, we receive many inquiries about bald birds, especially
> Northern Cardinals and Blue Jays. In late summer and fall, when a bird
> molts, it usually grows and replaces all its feathers gradually, but
> occasionally a bird loses all the feathers on its head at once. The
> result is a very strange looking bald bird! Don’t worry--usually the
> feathers grow back just fine.
>
> It is possible that the baldness is caused by environmental or
> nutritional factors, feather mites, or lice. To read more and take a
> look at photos of other bald birds, visit the “Bald Birds
> <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/BaldBirds.htm>”
> page on the Project FeederWatchweb site <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw>.
>
> Best,
> Bob Reilly
>
> On 7/5/2014 11:45 AM, Erv Mueller wrote:
> > I've heard of, but had not seen this before. Is it disease,
> >
> > or pest(s) ? Sorry I had no long-distance lens !!
> >
> >
> > IMG_1861.JPG
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