cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/661632092317257523
Check out this one-eyed cardinal that's been visiting my dad's bird feeder.
Check out this one-eyed cardinal that's been visiting my dad's bird feeder. [OC]
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/661632092317257523
Check out this one-eyed cardinal that's been visiting my dad's bird feeder.
14 Comments
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
Cool picture but aren’t cardinals supposed to be red?
OnceADream@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Male cardinals are red. Lady cardinals are more brown-reddish. :)
MooseLad@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I think the nature cam also takes saturated photos, making it appear brighter and more yellow than it really is.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I think the colors were throwing me off. It looks almost green-yellow in this picture.
Although I don’t see a black cap like this on any cardinals male or female. But I can’t think of what else it would be.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah that black cap is interesting. Not sure what's going on with that.
PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
It's a shadow. You can see it on the beak a little bit. It's more noticeable due to the extremely saturated colors.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 1 pts · 2y
Someone else remarked about the color saturation. I did a little bit of adjusting in Google Photos, including moving the HDR slider to 50%. Is that a bad thing? I like how it helps bring out the details.
rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Any chance you can share these pics with a local wildlife center? This bird has a lot going on, we're all curious haha
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, maybe. As for the cap, she visited again when the sun was at a different angle and her cap feathers aren't black. They're reddish brown. Between the lighting and the grime from her wound it just looked black.
rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Ya, the images showing her eye definitely don't show the cap being as prominent. But that eye, specialists might be curious. I am most certainly not a specialist 🙂 essentially, it was folks like you that caught on to that with finches in thr first place! I'll stop bugging you about it haha
Deceptichum@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
I thought they were supposed to be in a church.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 1 pts · 2y
Juveniles and adult females are brownish. Adult males are bright red.
rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
That's an interesting black cap! I wonder of cardinals are susceptible to that house finch blindness pathogen?
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work · 1 pts · 2y
Yikes! I had no idea that that was a thing.