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minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day agoWhy do he beak like that though?
minus-squareMeatPilot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-28 hours agoDon’t know why the beak be like that. I have yet to see missing feathers like that myself and I have a BUNCH of cardinals and blue jays. I do see the young “punk rocker” cardinals. But the Internet says molting feathers is true! The only dark horror I witnessed was when a murder of crows came into the neighborhood and used my bird bath for their dark rituals for 2 weeks. Maybe I didn’t see this kind of cardinal because they didn’t complete the rites to summon it? Tap for spoiler *Edited for being a moron and not reading OP
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours ago But the Internet says it’s true, this is molting not mites. The person you responded to was referring to why his beak looked weird, not to the lack of feathers on his head. But I didn’t see anything in the article you posted about beaks.
minus-squareMeatPilot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoOops, I wasn’t sure if the missing feathers were real and also thought that’s gotta be mites causing it to lose feathers. So I just learned that myself and was like “oh wow” and didn’t think too much.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThe head is normal molting. The beak damage can be from mite.
minus-squareturtlesareneat@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·24 hours agoRethinking all those plans to befriend all the crows in the neighborhood
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoI was gonna say I don’t think this is a normal part of the molting process…
minus-squareCandleTiger@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoBanging his face repeatedly on windows, car mirrors, and anything else remotely shiny at 6 am while I’m trying to sleep, maybe?
minus-squareMantzy81@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoBotox, some cardinals just want that plump beak look.
Why do he beak like that though?
Probably mites.
Don’t know why the beak be like that.
I have yet to see missing feathers like that myself and I have a BUNCH of cardinals and blue jays. I do see the young “punk rocker” cardinals.
But the Internet says molting feathers is true!
The only dark horror I witnessed was when a murder of crows came into the neighborhood and used my bird bath for their dark rituals for 2 weeks.
Maybe I didn’t see this kind of cardinal because they didn’t complete the rites to summon it?
Tap for spoiler
*Edited for being a moron and not reading OP
The person you responded to was referring to why his beak looked weird, not to the lack of feathers on his head. But I didn’t see anything in the article you posted about beaks.
Oops, I wasn’t sure if the missing feathers were real and also thought that’s gotta be mites causing it to lose feathers.
So I just learned that myself and was like “oh wow” and didn’t think too much.
The head is normal molting. The beak damage can be from mite.
Rethinking all those plans to befriend all the crows in the neighborhood
I was gonna say I don’t think this is a normal part of the molting process…
Banging his face repeatedly on windows, car mirrors, and anything else remotely shiny at 6 am while I’m trying to sleep, maybe?
Botox, some cardinals just want that plump beak look.