Chaffinch with Black head

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Cardinal15
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Chaffinch with Black head

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Found this in our garden a while ago. Have no idea how it has a black head. Is it a juvenile male? or is it molting/been attacked?
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SomesBirder
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Re: Chaffinch with Black head

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It looks like a normal adult female with a wet head to me.
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