I have one of those strange, bald cardinals (a male) at my feeders now, too.  I have had one or two in past summers as well.  

Thanks for the links, Phil.  It is a relief to find out that they are not about to succumb to some awful disease! 

(I am also a cat owner, but I'm going to stay out of that discussion.)

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD




> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Davis" <>
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] strange looking cardinal
> Date:         Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:32:28 -0400
> 
> 
> Sydney, et al.
> 
> Some related links, FYI ...
> 
>          http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030701.html
> 
>          http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw98/baldbirds.html
> 
>          http://web.syr.edu/~bpburtt/Birds/Feb22-04.htm
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> At 18:49 06/29/2006, Sydney Jacobs wrote:
> > We have a cardinal in our yard with a bluish head and no crest!  The
> > rest of the bird definitely looks like a male cardinal.  I don't
> > think he is bald.- he is hanging around our yard and visiting the
> > feeder.  Anyone else seen something like this?
> > Sydney
> 
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