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bayourebel · Aug 8, 2006, 9:11 PM

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jotajota · Aug 8, 2006, 9:52 PM

Nice shot, but sometimes nature doesn't help.
My kids say: "that's a pretty bad looking bird, dad !!":lol:

I think it needs a bit of sharpening and the bird's color, very similar to the background color, doesn't help much, so the bird doesn't stand out like it should.

bayourebel · Aug 8, 2006, 9:58 PM

I agree that it is a bad looking bird, but I believe all the cardinals around here are in a molting state, where they are sheding a lot of their old feathers and growing new ones. Most of them look like this right now.

Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your viewing also.

WackyRoger · Aug 8, 2006, 10:21 PM

I believe that BIRD needs a feather transplant. Give him your card and ask him to come back when he is looking good.

Nice photo - Ugly bird.

bayourebel · Aug 8, 2006, 10:45 PM

Thanks Roger, I think that is what Mother Nature is doing. I posted a Cardinal photo about a month ago of a Male Cardinal that looked absolutely diseased. Someone stated that they read some where that they molt. I looked it up and sure enough that is what is going on. They are molting. A few are looking more normal.

d-sr · Aug 9, 2006, 12:29 AM

Nice shot, but she won't win any beauty contest will she. I live about 150 miles east of Dallas and the cardinals are in their full glory now. Strange what a difference a few hundred miles can make.

Don

Bootneck3 · Aug 9, 2006, 1:52 AM

Shame on all of you!.......There is no such thing as an ugly bird.

At least there is nothing that a good brew can't fix

Fred

LadyhawkVA · Aug 9, 2006, 2:43 PM

I can relate to this poor critter. I have plenty of bad hair days myself. My husband probably wishes I would molt sometimes!

bayourebel · Aug 9, 2006, 8:15 PM

Thanks to all of you. Like Bootneck3, I think all birds are beautiful. I put out a lot of bird food, in winter, I have reached 50# in barely over a week. Right now, it is mostly Cardinals and Sparrows at the feeders.

LadyHawk, when I don't get a regular haircut, I too have bad hair days, and it really shows with this old grey hair.:lol:

RedStickMan · Aug 9, 2006, 9:39 PM

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree.
That's one ugly bird.

:blah:

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Aug 8, 2006, 9:52 PM	#2
jotajota Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 363	Nice shot, but sometimes nature doesn't help. My kids say: "that's a pretty bad looking bird, dad !!":lol: I think it needs a bit of sharpening and the bird's color, very similar to the background color, doesn't help much, so the bird doesn't stand out like it should.

Aug 8, 2006, 9:58 PM	#3
bayourebel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,561	I agree that it is a bad looking bird, but I believe all the cardinals around here are in a molting state, where they are sheding a lot of their old feathers and growing new ones. Most of them look like this right now. Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your viewing also.

Aug 8, 2006, 10:21 PM	#4
WackyRoger Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chama, New Mexico Posts: 6,206	I believe that BIRD needs a feather transplant. Give him your card and ask him to come back when he is looking good. Nice photo - Ugly bird.

Aug 8, 2006, 10:45 PM	#5
bayourebel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,561	Thanks Roger, I think that is what Mother Nature is doing. I posted a Cardinal photo about a month ago of a Male Cardinal that looked absolutely diseased. Someone stated that they read some where that they molt. I looked it up and sure enough that is what is going on. They are molting. A few are looking more normal.

Aug 9, 2006, 12:29 AM	#6
d-sr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Abilene. TX Posts: 1,486	Nice shot, but she won't win any beauty contest will she. I live about 150 miles east of Dallas and the cardinals are in their full glory now. Strange what a difference a few hundred miles can make. Don

Aug 9, 2006, 1:52 AM	#7
Bootneck3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rockingham Western Australia Posts: 592	Shame on all of you!.......There is no such thing as an ugly bird. At least there is nothing that a good brew can't fix Fred

Aug 9, 2006, 2:43 PM	#8
LadyhawkVA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,374	I can relate to this poor critter. I have plenty of bad hair days myself. My husband probably wishes I would molt sometimes!

Aug 9, 2006, 8:15 PM	#9
bayourebel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,561	Thanks to all of you. Like Bootneck3, I think all birds are beautiful. I put out a lot of bird food, in winter, I have reached 50# in barely over a week. Right now, it is mostly Cardinals and Sparrows at the feeders. LadyHawk, when I don't get a regular haircut, I too have bad hair days, and it really shows with this old grey hair.:lol:

Aug 9, 2006, 9:39 PM	#10
RedStickMan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 447	Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. That's one ugly bird. :blah: