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Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

But I just learned there's a Blöödchëëp subreddit?! I'm so happy
www.reddit.com/r/bloodcheep/

bloodcheep

post pics of your friendly (or not) blöödchëëp (cardinal that is molting) and rejoice in the rëdnëss (or not)

www.reddit.com

June 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Alas I Am But Bones (aka Viergacht)

@viergacht.bsky.social

It's Bloodcheep in the flesh!
@rosemarymosco.com

Comic by Rosemary Mosco showing the stages of cardinal growth. A baldheaded, pinfeathered juvenile is labeled "Bloodcheep, frightful molt demon of the cursed abyss"

May 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Bloödcheëp shirt preorder! Want a metal-style shirt with a terrifying bald cardinal? Preorder here:
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

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October 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.

A black tshirt design with a bald red cardinal in a circle surrounded by flames, with the word bloodcheep in red death metal style letters above it.

October 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM

Gilguren

@gilguren.bsky.social

#birds #crows #corvids #bloodcheep Good #TwoForTuesday

September 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

A Bloödcheëp from across the pond! Eurasian Jäycheëp.

aesche @aesche.bsky.social · Jul 27

Poor Jäycheëp...!! (Eichelhäher in der Mauser - heute Nachmittag gesehen)

Obligatorischer Link zu @rosemarymosco.com|s Comic: rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

July 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘

@kojamf.bsky.social

Katie Kreen
"My annual reminder/PSA that your adult cardinals and blue jays are probably gunna go bald. It’s molting season! Long live Blöödchëëp!"

June 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Thank you for all your Bloödcheëp tshirt preorders. The print run is fully funded, but you can keep preordering for 6 more days!
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt PRE-ORDER

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

topatoco.com

October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM

@OldAndCranky

@oldandcranky.bsky.social

Let this haunt your dreams…

Molting male cardinal, or as they are widely known, a bloodcheep.

June 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM

Skyflyer Channel 8 News

@skyflyer81.bsky.social

Bloödcheëp is dissatisfied

Marathon County

#Birds #Wisconsin

June 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM

ruby-throated hummingbird

@realhwives.bsky.social

bloodcheëp says happy sunday

August 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Judith

@duuj.bsky.social

I found a bloödcheëp today, a western jackdäwcheëp. @rosemarymosco.com #bloödcheëp

A jackdaw foraging on the ground. The feathers on its head are missing.

August 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM

Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Five more days of shirt preorders. Thanks everybody who got it funded.
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt PRE-ORDER

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

topatoco.com

October 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

Faine Greenwood

@faineg.com

it’s always so great when you get a Bloodcheep at the feeder pretending to be normal

Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Jun 28

Okay, so here's a comic I made a couple years ago

A four panel comic called Know Your Northern Cardinals. Panel 1 is labeled Juvenile and has a young cardinal with a visible gape and patchy brown and red feathers. Panel 2 is labeled adult male and has an adult male cardinal with his beautiful red feathers, red bill, and black mask. Panel 3 is labeled Bloodcheep, Frightful Molt-demon of the Cursed Abyss and shows a bald cardinal undergoing a catastrophic molt. Panel 4 is labeled adult female and shows an adult female cardinal with a red bill, olive feathers, a few red patches, and a dark mask.

June 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM

✨ Lane Ylem Elhaz ✨

@lyelhaz.bsky.social

TIL: That northern cardinals molt and end up looking like this 👇

Reddit calls this a "bloodcheep". I'm in love with everything about this.

#birds #bloodcheep

June 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Mindy Weisberger

@laminda.bsky.social

A still-scruffy but nearly-recovered Bloödcheëp showed up on today's livestream from a bird feeder in Gettysburg, PA!

Gettysburg livecam: www.youtube.com/live/y9t1g8I...

Comic by @rosemarymosco.com, Matron of Bloödcheëps

A cardinal perched on a birdfeeder, almost fully re-feathered after molting. Its head is mostly covered, though it still has a bald spot at the very top where its crest would normally be.

A comic in four panels, illustrating different variations of northern cardinals: Juvenile, Adult Male, Adult Female, and Bloödcheëp, Frightful Molt-Demon of the Cursed Abyss. Bloödcheëp has a feathered body and a very naked head.

September 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM

Shepherd

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social

FEATHERLESS EMUS. I NEED ONE.
www.reddit.com/r/bloodcheep...

An extremely naked emu. It turns out their skin is kinda blue with pink stripes on the back and sides.

December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Pulsar

@pulsarbird.bsky.social

Got my Bloödcheëp shirt from @rosemarymosco.com today! It looks great! Just in time for Halloween~

You can get one here if you're interested:

topatoco.com/collections/...

Pulsar wearing a shirt that says "Bloödcheëp" in a metal band style font with a picture of a bald cardinal on it.

October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM

TopatoCo

@topa.to

Also new is this POWERFUL Blöödchëëp Shirt from @rosemarymosco.com. We want people to be able to get these before Halloween so we're already making the screens. We're doing a quick pre-order to see how many we need to order for the first run! This shirt topatoco.com/products/rom...