Alisa Brandt

Color Change in Maturing Red-Capped Cardinals, 2018

Digital illustration

Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

This poster communicates the typical progression of color changes observed in red-capped cardinals as they mature from fledgling to adult. The feathers of the head transform from brown to red. The eye color also changes from blue to brown to bright orange. The presented timeline summarizes researcher observations of 25 birds at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, Maryland.