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Feb 11, 2013 6:02 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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A couple of pictures I took yesterday.

Northern Mockingbird in a Palm Tree and a Juvenile Northern Cardinal up on the roof:
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There have been lots of juvenile/immature birds around lately. Yesterday the little Cardinal in the above photo was on the ground beneath a tree and I thought maybe it had fallen out of a nest because it would flutter a bit and land in another spot on the ground. After a couple of hours it was still beneath a tree in the yard and I walked over and it flew low over to a shrub and then about fifteen minutes later it took wing and landed on the roof, then flew to a nearby tree.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the young Brown-headed Cowbird below survived the day. It was sitting in the lawn all day yesterday; I'm not sure if it was a nestling that had been booted from the nest by a sibling or if it fell out of a nest or what but it didn't seem to be able to fly at all; it would run across the lawn when I was out there but I never saw it gain altitude enough to even make it to a shrub much less a tree. Late yesterday afternoon/early evening I looked around and it was gone so hopefully it did finally spread those wings and take off ... sure hope a predator didn't get it. Sad
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