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rhythmisaprancer ,
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That's an interesting black cap! I wonder of cardinals are susceptible to that house finch blindness pathogen?

CrimeDad OP ,

Yikes! I had no idea that that was a thing.

LibertyLizard ,

Cool picture but aren’t cardinals supposed to be red?

OnceADream ,

Male cardinals are red. Lady cardinals are more brown-reddish. :)

MooseLad ,

I think the nature cam also takes saturated photos, making it appear brighter and more yellow than it really is.

LibertyLizard ,

Yeah I think the colors were throwing me off. It looks almost green-yellow in this picture.

Although I don’t see a black cap like this on any cardinals male or female. But I can’t think of what else it would be.

CrimeDad OP ,

Yeah that black cap is interesting. Not sure what’s going on with that.

rhythmisaprancer ,
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Any chance you can share these pics with a local wildlife center? This bird has a lot going on, we're all curious haha

CrimeDad OP ,

Yeah, maybe. As for the cap, she visited again when the sun was at a different angle and her cap feathers aren’t black. They’re reddish brown. Between the lighting and the grime from her wound it just looked black.

rhythmisaprancer ,
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Ya, the images showing her eye definitely don't show the cap being as prominent. But that eye, specialists might be curious. I am most certainly not a specialist 🙂 essentially, it was folks like you that caught on to that with finches in thr first place! I'll stop bugging you about it haha

PorkTaco ,

It’s a shadow. You can see it on the beak a little bit. It’s more noticeable due to the extremely saturated colors.

CrimeDad OP ,

Someone else remarked about the color saturation. I did a little bit of adjusting in Google Photos, including moving the HDR slider to 50%. Is that a bad thing? I like how it helps bring out the details.

CrimeDad OP ,

Juveniles and adult females are brownish. Adult males are bright red.

Deceptichum ,
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I thought they were supposed to be in a church.

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