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Molting is a process by which birds replace their old feathers with new ones. It usually happens once a year, beginning in late summer and lasting into fall.
Molting happens when the weather starts to cool down. Cardinals, in particular, have a very distinct molting process.
Molting starts with the head and neck feathers. The new feathers grow underneath the old ones. Then the bird begins to preen. This is when it spreads a special oil over its feathers that keeps them waterproof and helps them stay clean.
After the head and neck are done, the bird starts on its body. The new feathers push the old ones out until all the feathers are entirely replaced.
Cardinals molt in late summer and early fall. The phenomenal usually happens following the breeding season but can also occur during a time of surplus food when the birds can build up a layer of body fat to help them through the molting process.
Molting in Cardinals generally takes a month. A week after they lose their feathers, tiny new feathers will start to grow. The Cardinal's crest will return and be perfectly normal in a month.
--- gfmoutdoors.com
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Male and Female Cardinal
The northern cardinal is a bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Cardinalis cardinalis
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
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Female Cardinal
The northern cardinal is a bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Cardinalis cardinalis
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
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Peaking cautiously from behind a tree bough, a northern cardinal surveys the area. Though introduced in Hawaii in the 1920s, this non-native urban bird is sometimes known by a Hawaiian name, manu ‘ula’ula. Considered a harbinger of good luck or good omen in many cultures. Red cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis.
Out on my bike on a very brutally cold November day, when this little beauty flew up to warm my heart! <3
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I thought it unusual for three Cardinals to pose so beautifully. They were waiting for a turn at the birdbath below.
We had some snow flakes the other morning so I grabbed a shot of one of the four cardinals that are populating my yard this winter. The ground had a small hint of white and I was about to get excited about it when it flipped back to rain and that was that. Our big snow event for the winter so far. Still some hope because Feb. and March can be more seasonal. :)
This male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is perched in a branch of a Rose of Sharon bush. The backyard's maple tree's leaves provide the fall colors and bokeh. You can see from all the Rose of Sharon seed heads why many consider them too prolific.
One male cardinal was digging under the most recent layer of snow. I throw them a good amount of seeds on today's harsh weather. But new layers of snow was covering them. Digging was needed.
Cardinalidae. My backyard has become my very own wildlife sanctuary offering foxes, deer, rabbits, a variety of birds, an occassional fishercat, owls, ground hogs and once in a great while a coyote.
A female Cardinal keeps a close eye on an approaching figure as it searches for food on the forest floor