Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bald-headed blue jay looks freaky

Dude, what happened to your head feathers?

This bald-headed Blue Jay looks bizarre, but it is just molting.

According to Feederwatch:
Many of these strange-looking birds may be juveniles undergoing their first prebasic molt, which produces the first winter adult plumage. For Blue Jays, this molt pattern is considered normal ...
The baldness only lasts about a week.

This baldy just come in for a quick bath.

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