Fruitless

This Cardinals search for Honeysuckle berries was as fruitless as the bush. His crest also seems to be tattered.Poor guy.

[Diana]

Shame, he does look a bit bedraggled. Is he moulting!

[Jennie B.]

He does look like a bit off without that back part of the head.

[Monica]

He looks quite disappointed

[katy]

somebody is having a bad day! I hope things perked up for him!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Kathy]

I always wonder if the cardinals that look so battered are growing in their feathers. Quick research (not detailed though) indicates they do molt and the feathers are in tracts and molt at different times.

[Rick]

Wow, is that molting, or did something get after it. Cool capture.