northern cardinal

The inticement to persuade the Northern Cardinals to visit our garden seems to succesful as they are now daily visitors. Hopefully it will continue. Will I'm hoping, I hope the beautiful Western Tanager who was taking a drink from our bird bath on Friday will return. Sorta think he was only...

This time I'm bribing Mr. Cardinal with another tasty sunflower tidbit. so I would say the inticement is working as both Mr & Mrs C are regular visitors to our garden this weekend along with the regular contingment. I would think by the slimness of this bird that is a young un. Fill flash used

With the Snowbirds across the street gone home, I'm trying to intice the Northern Cardinals over to my side of the street. The female took the bait and came over for samples. Papa came over later but stayed on the ground eating the spill overs. Photo looks a bit noisy to me, however, I like the...

Hi Folks; Actually 2 surprises. First: He never comes around anymore because some up the street has been putting out better & more feed than us. Second: When I was at store, Gina used my camera and presented me with this photo when I returned. I love it.

Some cardinals will drink with anybody. Cardinalis cardinalis - cardenal norteo - Northern cardinal Zonotrichia leucophrys - gorrin de corona blanca - white-crowned sparrow

Photographed this male Humminbird in our garden. Replaced background and added border edge

I came home from work on Sunday during a snow squall. I thought it would be a perfect time to work on my snow picture skills. A combination of the time of the day and the snowfall made the pictures appear as if I were shooting in black and white. Then this male cardinal stepped into the...

I don't think this female cardinal has gotten the warm weather vacation that she was dreaming of....

Obviously, my songbird neighbors are tucking themselves into this bush to gain protection from predators. It would be hard to get them through that tangle of branches.

One can see why sports teams would choose the cardinal for their mascot when you look at the fierce set of this little lady's beak. I wouldn't want to get her mad at me!

It was well below the freezing mark this day, so this guy puffed up his feathers to insulate against the cold. It has been my privilege to observe these male Cardinals in my garden sharing their seed, beak-to-beak, with their mates; I count seeing this behavior among the most memorable moments...

I'd been hoping forever to see a cardinal here at my house and couldn't understand why I haven't. Today I got my wish. Hope it isn't like when I was growing up on the farm. Cardinals would always stop by for a good meal before a big snowstorm! Please NO!!!

This guy could not figure out what or why this human looking lump was doing sitting on his forest floor. I thought he would land on my shoulder at one point. A most obliging subject that offered many poses.

I've been meaning to show this to y'all. With the treacherous heat we have had this month, the birds were all suffering. Even with 3 baths, the Blue Jays kept draining them dry no matter how many times a day I filled them. So I finally had a thought. I turned the hose on all the tree leaves...

Hi folks, First post in about a week, hadn't gotton out much for a few days but starting to get back to it now. This Cardinal is one of a pair that is in the yard most every day. The male starts his calls about a half hour before dawn each day and goes on for about an hour. Goes thru every sound...

Sitting on the deck, checkiing camera ajustments, caught this cardinal flying out of heavy cover, click, ... was suprised to see I actually caught it's blurred motion.

Well Peeps, I have a few frames left from our last US trip in September 2008, so thought Id share em with yall today. Looking forward to our next US trip, but cant make up our minds when to visit? My daughter who lives in Pennsylvania is having my fourth Granddaughter, Savannah in October. So...

This photo was taken using flash on a dark morning in forest.

This fellow got clobbered by golf ball hail stones on the back of his head April 27, but is recovering nicely. He is very lucky.

Photographed this male Northern Cardinal having a drink in our garden last week. Fill flash assisted

The mate to the female was also injured, but not as badly as the female. My heart just breaks.