This is not a baby Cardinal--it is a Pyrrhuloxia or Desert Cardinal.
The desert cardinal is a common thorn scrub songbird of the America Southwest. The songs vary and are repeated, such as "cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote," "purdy, purdy, purdy...whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit," "what-cheer, what-cheer, wheet, wheet, wheet" and "cheer, cheer, cheer, what, what, what, what..." Pairs use the chirping noises to locate each other, or to warn each other of approaching danger.
Not as showy as the northern cardinal, the male desert cardinal is a gray bird with a red mask, a short stout yellow bill, with a red crest and red wings.
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