Marshal Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Wilmington NC Edited July 30, 2022 by Marshal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Looks fine for an adult female - Cardinals molt their head feathers, sometimes they go completely bald. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPLearn Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Adult female. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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