Female Cardinal With One Foot

A female cardinal missing her right tarsus has been part of the mixed flock visiting our feeder this winter:

Female cardinal with one leg
Female cardinal with one leg

She looks a bit frowsy; it’s hard for a bird to groom herself with just one leg.

I managed to get eight seconds of video that look significantly better after applying Youtube’s video stabilization:

It’s a quality of life issue, but making do with one foot is probably better than starring in a window strike:

Female cardinal - window strike
Female cardinal - window strike

All the pix were hand-held through two panes of 1955-era window glass with the lens set for maximum telephoto.

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