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SCOUT· 41%31m·2026-09-10·ScienceOkay, but why does that bird look so rough?
Okay, But... Birds · 39
E39. Every August the questions start: there is a cardinal at the feeder with no head feathers, and it looks terrible. Nothing is wrong with it. It is molting, which every bird does at least every year. Dr. Ryan Terrill of the San Diego Natural History Museum studies what a feather endures over a year and what it…
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