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Cardinalis cardinalis
Spotted on Jul 25, 2011
Submitted on Jul 27, 2011
6 Comments
the beak is defininte of a cardinal...not sure of the feathers??
That bird had a rough day. I'd also go with Cardinal fledgling. They look a hot mess while fledging.
The beak is cardinal. Young birds and females have greyish feathers. I don't see "blue" although I do see a blue-grey down, which is typical. I cannot htink of any escaped exotic that it could be. The bird looks as if it got wet, which changes the character of the feathers
I think it may be an escaped exoctic bird!
Interesting. Certainly the right locale to be a cardinal. They are very common there, but have never seen one with blue feathers. Did a search and couldn't find any cardinal fledgling pics that looked similar. Definitely no expert. Could be for all I know.
Looks like a cardinal. Not sure whether something happened to him, or just a young fledgling