Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/14

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Leica] IMG: Female Cardinal
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Mar 14 05:41:34 2007
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Molting male juvi was my first thought. That breast is redder than  
I'd expect, but the beak and face markings say female to me.

Color balance/saturation issue maybe?

Ric

On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> Are you sure that's  a female?  Looks more like a juvenile male to me.
> I'm no expert, but we have a cardinal pair that nests in our rosebush.
>
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