Definitely a female cardinal ๐
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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Thanks, I have trouble telling sometimes!
Looks like the female cardinal that's outside my window every few days!
Maybe! Not an expert, but from what I see on the Merlin app it looks like non-breeding males also have that lighter pink coloration!
@Alterecho Non-breeding males... There's a third gender for cardinals?
I can see why that's confusing haha. No, non-breeding just means that the plumage is not the "mating" plumage for the bird. Birds molt roughly twice a year on average, and sometimes due to being a juvenile or other factors, they just don't molt into their bright plumage for attracting mates. Usually this looks similar to the plumage of the bird during the winter, or like female plumage of the same species.
Ah. Okay.
Most certainly so.