If you see a bald Northern Cardinal, particularly during late summer, is often due to a natural molting process where they lose all their head feathers at once. This is a normal occurrence for cardinals and some other birds like Blue Jays. While it might look alarming, the feathers will grow back within a few weeks. The reason this happens is a process called molting. Birds molt to replace old, worn feathers with new ones. In some cases, cardinals may molt their head feathers all at once, causin