Re: [Maine-birds] Fw: Sick cardinals?

It's actually a perfectly normal occurrence. For some reason (possible to do with mites) Cardinals, Blue Jays, grackles and a few other birds often molt all the feathers on their head at once, then grow them back.

David

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Andrew Aldrich <aaldrich1@maine.rr.com> wrote:

Hi All,

    I got this email from a freind. Is there an illness going around with feeder birds?

 

Happpy birding

Andy Aldrich

North Berwick 

 

 

 

Hey Andy,        Remember I told you we had a bald cardinal?  Well, he's still totally bald from the neck up,

and now we have a female whose crest is missing (she's just bald where the crest feather should be).  Do you

suppose there is a contagious illness they have?  Hope not as the cardinals are my favorite bird to see here.

                                                                 

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