I'm not sure what happened to her right eye, whether it was a near-fatal encounter with a predator or whether she was just born this way.It doesn't bother her in the least and she thinks she looks like all the other cardinals, even with her little two-feather crest.
I pray she has some sight in that eye so she will avoid any further injury. I know her demise would be survival of the fittest and nature's way of protecting the strength of the gene pool, but I can't help pulling for her.
Editor's Note: Dark Garden will now commence yelling at me and telling me to take these photos down.
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Oh, that's sad. We had a cat once, who lost his eye in a catfight. After that, he couldn't judge distance and missed a lot of jumps from counter to table and such. I hope she fares better than that!
I wish her the best, too. She's still beautiful.
When I was a kid I always dragged home the runts and hopeless creatures. Hope Miss Cardinal thrives!
Well I mean.. DUDE... she's all messed up!!! Man!.... Come ONNN!!! Her friggin' eye went to hell-n-gone for gosh sakes!
So far, so good. She was back at the feeder, happy as ever.
(Do I know my brother or what...)
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