cardinal

This female cardinal comes to the windows of my great room, and fights with her reflections. She is very angry at the 'other' female for few minutes, then she gives up and flies away.

slight crop

Who will get to the food faster?

Taking a little break to pose for the camera.

A Northern Cardinal perched on a wire fence

Caught this lady at the feeder yesterday. Full frame shot, re-sized for the web.

This was a shot with mostly side lighting.

Another photo in the shadows.

....or so he thought. Shot in full manual.

Just one more from the shadows.

The bird and perch were in the shade, shot with no flash.

...with the "over the shoulder look". Poser for sure.

Got a lot of juveniles around here lately.

Out by the rock garden near the safety of the Forsythia .. waiting her turn at the feeder. We had two others that showed up with this coloration.

to the corner store for a bite to eat, didn't put on by best.

A Cardinal Mom feeding seeds to her baby at the feeder

Caught this male in the same spot as the female on yesterday's post. Although the male is a beautiful bird the female has a more photographic appeal to me. I guess it is because the red in the male is hard for me to get just right.

This Young Female Cardinal looks like she really enjoyed her first bath!

Male Cardinal

More back lighting shots. Minimum fill flash.

This fellow was back lit and I used just enough fill flash to bring out the darker side.

..sun lit and a bit of fill flash. I liked the triangular frame the branches provided for this shot. Not much for a square crop but seemed to work for this on to get the triangle effect.

Male Northern Cardinal in desert scrub near hotel. I was thrilled to get this because I had never seen one before. I don't get out much.(LOL) and they are not found in BC.