lol Bob. Elizabeth roflmao that is funny and probably more fitting for these times. MJ thanks...that was a special moment and I did make one just now. My I would be out taking pictures ALL the time lol. This morning I thought how nice it would be if now a blue jay would show up and pose for a picture. A short while later low and behold there was one on the pecan tree. BUT:..I opened the door and the noise made him take off. Kristy it is a feeder. The squirls hang on it on top with their feet...head down and eat from it too lol I DO need to get a house for them. But the neighbor has a real big one. ......NO it is a SHE roflmao Sounds like it is hardy and will be ok. Oh your yard will be even prettier come spring....the gazebo will look very gorgeous! Lucy

Ok, I am doing some reseach on the issue. I did find a neat web page which shows us some pics of other similarly affected Cardinals and discusses causes of baldness. Check it out here: http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030701.html and this: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw98/baldbirds.html and this: http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2007/08/bald-cardinals-and-other-bald-birds/ "The thing that I find interesting is that the cardinal that I shot had white skin not dark skin." I wasn't able to find anything which specifically stated the reason why the skin would be white instead of dark, but this is obviously something which isn't so uncommon. I'll keep looking when I get time, and if I find anything else re the white skin, I will come back and post it for you. :o)

It could be that a bird laid the egg there, or that it fell or was pushed out of a nest and just ended up there. A cardinal is unlikely to nest in a spot like that.

Nice photos. That Redbird looks like he is taking a second look, possibly at that petrified squirrel sitting on top of that other feeder. "What?!?!...Did that squirrel just move??" Kt.