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Check out this one-eyed cardinal that's been visiting my dad's bird feeder.
Cool picture but aren’t cardinals supposed to be red?
Male cardinals are red. Lady cardinals are more brown-reddish. :)
I think the nature cam also takes saturated photos, making it appear brighter and more yellow than it really is.
Yeah I think the colors were throwing me off. It looks almost green-yellow in this picture.
Although I don’t see a black cap like this on any cardinals male or female. But I can’t think of what else it would be.
Yeah that black cap is interesting. Not sure what's going on with that.
It's a shadow. You can see it on the beak a little bit. It's more noticeable due to the extremely saturated colors.
Someone else remarked about the color saturation. I did a little bit of adjusting in Google Photos, including moving the HDR slider to 50%. Is that a bad thing? I like how it helps bring out the details.