[mou] Bald cardinal

Clay Christensen clay.christensen@comcast.net
Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:39:39 +0000 

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This morning I had a "bald" female cardinal at my feeder (Lauderdale, Ramsey Co.), no feathers on her head. A male was with her. Later I saw that he had small patches of feathers missing on his chest and didn't seem to have much of a crest.

Is this normal molting? Or possibly a mite infestation? Do I need to bleach the feeder?

Thanks for your ideas,

Clay Christensen
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<DIV>This morning I had a "bald" female cardinal at my feeder (Lauderdale, Ramsey Co.), no feathers on her head. A male was with her. Later I saw that he had small patches of feathers missing on his chest and didn't seem to have much of a crest.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this normal molting? Or possibly a mite infestation? Do I need to bleach the feeder?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for your ideas,</DIV>
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