Photo From:
Jeanne Woodward
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Description: Here's an interesting fact - just in case you see a cardinal that looks like the one that I snapped a photo of in my yard. It's usually summer, after the nesting season, when these "black-headed" cardinals show up.
Guess what most birds do after the nesting season. They shed their feathers and grow new ones. This molting process occasionally produces a bald headed cardinal when a bird loses all its head feathers at the same time. Some birds, especially northern cardinals and blue jays, can lose all their head feathers at one time—a catastrophic molt.
Uploaded:
8/22/2022
by Jeanne Woodward
Camera/Image InfoCamera Make - CanonCamera Model - Canon EOS R6F-Stop - F/8Shutter Speed - 1/500 secFocal Length - 400 mmISO-2500