Amy, Those are sheaths on new feathers growing in. A Junco should have finished its Fall molt by October, so I'm guessing this bird lost a bunch of head feathers at one time (accident, close call w/ an accipiter, whatever) and is now growing them back.
Mary Kay Waddington On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:01 AM Amy Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I spotted this little > guy this morning. Being a bird, he wasn’t exactly holding still for his > impromptu portrait session, so most of my photos are blurry. But I did > manage to get these two. > > What I’m wondering is, do you think that crown just some foreign matter > (ie, dirt or bird droppings), or a normal color variation, or is it > indication of a problem/illness? Or maybe none of the above. > > Thanks so much! > Amy Roberts > Fort Collins > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/025FBD46-C4FC-4590-BA2B-496DDEC6F3A6%40gmail.com > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/025FBD46-C4FC-4590-BA2B-496DDEC6F3A6%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA-Db7d2RQ7WdGDfc8zD8q6Vg5rHEjraoNz-2beVsK2%2BVdZ12A%40mail.gmail.com.
