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minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhy do he beak like that though?
minus-squareCandleTiger@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoBotox, some cardinals just want that plump beak look.
minus-squareMeatPilot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoI have yet to see this myself and I have a BUNCH of cardinals and blue jays. I do see the young “punk rocker” cardinals. But the Internet says it’s true, this is molting not mites. 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?
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe head is normal molting. The beak damage can be from mite.
minus-squareturtlesareneat@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoRethinking all those plans to befriend all the crows in the neighborhood
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months 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-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI was gonna say I don’t think this is a normal part of the molting process…
Why do he beak like that though?
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.
Probably mites.
I have yet to see this myself and I have a BUNCH of cardinals and blue jays. I do see the young “punk rocker” cardinals.
But the Internet says it’s true, this is molting not mites.
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?
The head is normal molting. The beak damage can be from mite.
Rethinking all those plans to befriend all the crows in the neighborhood
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.
I was gonna say I don’t think this is a normal part of the molting process…