Molting

The wings show much shorter feathers where this little guy has molted.

[Ali P]

Wow, great capture! Is the red colour on the little bird or is it being reflected?

[Kim Capson]

@alinz That's the colour of his head when he chooses to display! Otherwise the feathers there are black. They are amazing! You can see how shiny those feathers can be in my shot from yesterday, too :)