northern cardinal

Well Peeps, As its July 4th today, I am posting 3 pics from our last trip over the pond...I would like to wish all our Colonial Cousins over there a great Independence Day, have a "Good Un" y'all.

This was the first one for me this summer.

One of several cardinals that frequent the backyard area and feeders. The males used to be very wary but are getting more brave and I can now be sitting on the deck and they will still come to the feeders and nearby trees, as long as I don't move too much or too quickly... lol

Though called a Northern Cardinal this male was captured about as south in the U.S. as you can get. I guess they mean North of Cuba.

The wind blows this gal's tuft sideways as she alights on a branch in-between wet snow squalls.

The female was as striking as the male in her own way.

One of my target birds, until they became so common they were almost taken for granted!

Hi Folks; The Northern Cardinal returned this very windy morning to our garden and I got lucky and captured him in mid air. Fill flash assist. I posted it notecard size as I'm in a bit of a hurry to deliver some notecards up the hill in Madera Canyon after lunch.

Hi Folks; Captured this female Northern Cardinal posed with a dark Texas Ranger Bush background hiding the bird practically from view. So in CS6 I clicked File>New with same measurements as original with light blue BG. Clicked OK and changed foreground to a slightly darker blue, then clicked...

Hi Folks; With 90% of the Snowbirds back in the snow I finally had a male Northern Cardinal visit our garden and perch high up in our Arizona Ash. Fill flash assist.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackdean3/ www.jackdeanwildlifephotography.com Northern Cardinal

Hi Folks; Another stranger returns for a visit to our garden today. A female Noryhern Cardinal. Fill flash assist

At Kealia Pond I asked if there were any other birding hot spots nearby that I had missed. I had one more morning that I could spend birding, so it had to be close to Wailea. They suggested a little pond at the end of a gravel road down to Makena Beach. Very near my hotel, so easy to get there...

Pyrrhuloxia x Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus x Cardinalis cardinalis superbus) This putative hybrid has an orange bill indicative of a Northern Cardinal, partial black facial markings, bleeding of red feathers on the chest and belly distorting the distinctive broad, jagged, red band down...

I managed to catch this from my kitchen window - they are regular here at the feeders, but look particularly good when the weather's not so good.