Marshal Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 (edited) Wilmington NC Edited July 30 by Marshal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Looks fine for an adult female - Cardinals molt their head feathers, sometimes they go completely bald. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 4 minutes ago, Kevin said: Looks fine for an adult female You know looking at it again it is a young bird, it would qualify a immature though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I THINK this is a rather drab adult female Cardinal. Juvenile Cardinals have a darker beak that changes to orangey red with maturity. From what I understand, it takes months to transition from the dark beak to the colourful orangey red beak, but I THINK that's how to tell the immature birds from the adults. I am not certain about that so take what I say with a grain of salt. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPLearn Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Lovely photo. This looks like a young female to me but so far has no real red to her tail and wings. However, that seemingly darker brown (maybe the lighting of the photo) may fool us and this might be a young male. But my thoughts say female. I hope he/she stays nearby where you can watch him/her change color. Happy Birding! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted Monday at 01:19 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:19 PM Adult female. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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