We can ID the bird in the first photo as an adult Red-crested Cardinal by its red head, crest, face, chin and upper breast; grey upperparts and white underparts. The bird in the last two photos is a juvenile Red-crested Cardinal that is starting to molt into an adult.
In spite of it name the Red-crested Cardinal is not closely related to Cardinals, it is actually in the tanager family.
The Red-crested Cardinal is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 766.
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