> On 11 April 2020 at 21:04 Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > I shot this bird perching this afternoon. He appeared to be an ordinary > Cardinal. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18593470/Bilateral-Gynandromorph-Cardinal > > Then it flew to the feeder. I normally don’t shoot birds at the feeder, but I > did this time because when seen in profile it appeared to by what they call a > Bilateral Gynandromorph Cardinal — half male, half female but not a > hermaphrodite. Now juvenile Cardinals can have some brown markings, but this > bird appears too large to be a juvenile, particularly at this time of years. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18593471/Bilateral-Gynandromorph-Cardinal
I'm not seeing an obvious difference to the sides of the head. I've seen the phenomenon in Zebra finches, that have a distinct tan cheek patch in males that is missing in females. Is that what I'm looking for here? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
