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Cardinalis cardinalis
This is not an entirely pleasant spotting but it is interesting. This female bird either had an injury to its bill or was born with a congenital defect; a more recent photo shows that the bill seems to be on her face sideways. At first, I thought she had suet on her bill but then I noticed that her bill is deformed. One might think that she wouldn't survive as her feeding would be hampered with a deformed bill but she seems to be doing fine and visits the feeders daily together with the other resident cardinals.
My yard
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