Little brown red stag... suffering from fowl pox pretty bad on his comb... I think its stunting his growth, he is smaller than the other stags who are younger than him... probably not keeping him..
That dark stags base feathers have gotten a good bit lighter in the last few weeks. Although he is still a good bit darker than the bird you have pictured. For some reason he is the hardest to take decent pictures of. The colors just don't come out right.
Gotta finish 5 more pens then I'm gonna trap very single raccoon, fox and opposum within a few miles of my yard, starting Saturday. Going to get cold this weekend, hope these southern birds like temps in the 20s.