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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Reg on July 25, 2012, 07:59:28 PM

Title: A couple of Juvies.
Post by: Reg on July 25, 2012, 07:59:28 PM

Juvie Female Cardinal
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7646339126_4055598763_c.jpg)
Juvie Male Cardinal
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7646436292_15fcbf4267_c.jpg)

Title: Re: A couple of Juvies.
Post by: thouc on July 25, 2012, 09:47:14 PM

Nice pictures, the first one is a juvie (not sure about gender), but the second one is an adult male, a bit scruffy looking, but only adult males have that red plumage and red bill. Juvie males are mostly brown with maybe some red in it.

/Thomas

Title: Re: A couple of Juvies.
Post by: Reg on July 27, 2012, 10:12:35 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

Nice pictures, the first one is a juvie (not sure about gender), but the second one is an adult male, a bit scruffy looking, but only adult males have that red plumage and red bill. Juvie males are mostly brown with maybe some red in it.

/Thomas

Thanks for the correction Thouc. I wasn't sure about the male, I was going by the mixed colors

Title: Re: A couple of Juvies.
Post by: zx003 on July 29, 2012, 12:08:59 AM

This is because they are molting. Currently the pair of Cardinals that frequent my feeder are both completely featherless on their heads. Nice photographs by the way! :)