This Northern Cardinal was the boss of the backyard. One day I noticed that he was loosing his beak. I kept watching and he got worse and worse. In this photo he is as bad as it got. After this I did not see him anymore.
Beautiful image of this bird - very rich color and a wonderful story, too.
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