hbvol50 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Sunday at Huntington Beach State Park, Georgetown County SC Molting immature or weird adult? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I've seen some odd ones, but never quite that. I can't say why it looks like that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Thats some heavy molt! The entire head is pin feathers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 That's quite the impressionist bird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpoole Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Gotta be young with that fleshy gape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 2 hours ago, gpoole said: Gotta be young with that fleshy gape. It could be young, but a visible gape doesn't always mean it's a youngster. In adult birds the gape flange is usually hidden by the feathers around its beak which this bird is missing. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Humboldt Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I believe it's an immature male molting into adult plumage. The breast has yellow/green feathers and an adult male should show just red. It's unlikely but it could be an intersex bird. I say unlikely because the feathers look like they are molting and I'm not familiar with intersex buntings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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