Beautiful Bird

Here is a photo Kathryn took of a really beautiful bird. (Unfortunately, it was no longer alive.) We thought it was an adult female Pyrrhuloxia (a type of cardinal). Her red eyebrow was very unique. But, in our Sibley guide, those have a yellow bill. So, I believe it may be a female Northern Cardinal. They do have the red-orange bill but in Sibley, no eyebrow and black around the bill. Maybe she is a new blend!!

Beautiful bird
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  1. this appears to be a juvenile male cardinal in transition to male plummage. :-)

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