Re: dark brown female cardinal

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Posted by Kathy Walters on 17:07:51 06/17/04

In Reply to: dark brown female cardinal posted by Brian Block

I suspect your brown cardinal is one of this years fledglings. They lack the color in the beak that the females have and also are a nice dull brown until they molt out that first set of feathers.

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Comments:	: I suspect your brown cardinal is one of this years fledglings. They lack the color in the beak that the females have and also are a nice dull brown until they molt out that first set of feathers.
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