Birds Wearing Masks

Outside My Window · Oct 29, 2026

Gambel’s quail pair (photo from Wikimedia)

29 October 2026

With Halloween around the corner, some birds are already wearing masks even though they don’t have “masked” in their names.

The male Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii) has fancy white edges on his mask.

Green jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus) wears overlapping masks, blue + black.

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) wears a black eye-mask (a domino) on top of a red mask.

Green Jay in Texas (photo from Wikimedia) European goldfinch (photo from Wikimedia)

The domino or Lone Ranger mask is a popular choice…