Barry

by Barry
(Annapolis , MD USA)

All red/orange body with dark gray head and red/orange beak. Seems to have dark gray collar,

Head shape like a buzzard, size of a cardinal. Beak like grosbeak, feeding below feeder on ground. Never saw anything like this before. Head looked bald with bulging eyes.




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Jul 26, 2012
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by: Anonymous

That's it, Zombie Cardinal. Thanks

Jul 26, 2012
 Bald Cardinal
by: Anonymous

Read this post and look at the picture they posted
Some of the links posted in the comments take you to a page with more pics. http://www.a-home-for-wild-birds.com/zombie-cardinal.html

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