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Allen
Jul-30-2005, 01:47 PM
Northern Cardinal - Ugly branch:rofl
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/30294805-L.jpg
I'm guessin' either mites or serious molting.
AL
windoze
Jul-30-2005, 01:50 PM
i feel so bad for that birdie.... :cry:cry

looks like a genetics experiment gone bad....

nice capture nonetheless..

troy
bfjr
Jul-30-2005, 01:53 PM
Looks like the trailer for tonight's SciFi movie :lol4
Hope it's only molting, mites bad news bears :cry
Harryb
Jul-30-2005, 09:54 PM
That's one ugly bird and one excellent shot.
Khaos
Jul-30-2005, 10:50 PM
Very unique looking. Great shot, love the light and clarity.:thumb
Allen
Jul-30-2005, 11:49 PM
Thanks all. There are a few others in various stages of this look. Doesn't make for many
prety shots. They all seem to be in good health though, thank goodness. Last year we had
one with no tail feathers, week later tail grew about one inch worth. We called him
"stubby" and he flew like a bullet.:rofl
Thanks for commenting,
AL
Bird Man Photographer
Jul-31-2005, 04:38 AM
Very interesting (put nicely) looking bird.:huh That pic brings to mind a coupld lines from a Bo Diddley song. :

" why you so ugly the stork that brought you in the world oughta be arrested!"

"my momma didn’t have to put a sheet on my head so sleep could slip up on me!"


:rofl

Nice shot.

BMP
hichuz
Jul-31-2005, 08:10 AM
Is it that hot in Bridgeton, MO? Poor guy looks like he's melting. Great shot though!
Allen
Jul-31-2005, 08:33 AM
Is it that hot in Bridgeton, MO? Poor guy looks like he's melting. Great shot though! Might be heat related? We had a stretch of high heat, three days over 100,
and lot in the 90's. Back to normal now. Females are doing ok.
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/30353787-M.jpg
Another not to good.
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/30353766-M.jpg
This one is find.
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/30353887-M.jpg
All taken yesterday.
AL
ginger_55
Jul-31-2005, 09:45 AM
Maybe I should go visit my Magnolia Birds, post haste! (It is raining now.)

I have a hot seagull to post.

But that is definitely a member of the "ugly" side of the family.
Though I rather like it myself.

That one male, looks emaciated. Poor guy.

ginger

good shooting, thanks for sharing.
Skippy
Jul-31-2005, 04:23 PM
Northern Cardinal - Ugly branch:rofl

I'm guessin' either mites or serious molting.
AL
Hi Allen...... gosh what a face or head I should say, wonder what happened to the little fellow..... once this sort of thing happens to a bird, do the feathers ever grow back? :dunno

Skippy (Australia)