LET ME JUMP IN ON THIS ONE. I'VE GOT ONE IN BELTSVILLE TOO! I'VE SEEN HIM AROUND ALL SPRING. FROM THE NECK DOWN HE'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, BUT HIS HEAD IS JUST A MESS. IT'S BLACK OR BALD FOR THE FRONT TWO THIRDS OF HIS HEAD AND LOOKING VERY "MOLTY." BUT AS WAS MENTIONED HE'S SOCIALLY WELL ADJUSTED. I WONDER IF THIS IS A COMMON "BIRTH DEFECT" IN CARDINALS? INPUT ANYONE?