Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:38:23 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: Bald birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The other day there was a cardinal in my yard whose head was bare, and just now I saw a Blue Jay with the same 'do! (What, are crests "out" this year?!) Are these probably young birds whose relatives have picked on them, literally, or is there some other likely explanation? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================