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Re: featherless cardinal heads



I saw one at my feeder in Columbia.  Looked like it had been tarred and 
feathered, then rode hard and put up wet!  I hope it doesn't mate.

James Wilson -
-- "Mountains imprint themselves on the souls of those who know them as
children." -- Denise Giardina


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>From: Matthew Pardo <matt@pardo.com>
>To: Kate Finlayson <katefin@yahoo.com>
>Cc: carolinabirds@duke.edu
>Subject: Re: featherless cardinal heads
>Date: Wed, Aug 11, 1999, 16:25
>

>
> From what I have read it is due to a type of mite. It doesn't cause
> them any harm.
>
> Matt Pardo
> Durham, NC
> matt@pardo.com
>
>
> Kate Finlayson wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I know there has been some discussion about
>> this. But Yesterday at Outdoor bird where I work in
>> Raleigh, a lady asked me about the "vulture headed"
>> cardinal. And then when I came home in Chatham co., I
>> saw one on my feeder for the first time! In nine
>> birding years, I have never seen this. What is going
>> on? It obviously is happening alot this year. Kate
>> ===
>> Kate Finlayson
>> N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
>> katefin@yahoo.com
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