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Molting (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net [M] to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

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?

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*Edited for being a moron and not reading OP

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The head is normal molting. The beak damage can be from mite.

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[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Rethinking all those plans to befriend all the crows in the neighborhood

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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

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.

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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago

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