by Debby Anderson
(Minneapolis, MN)
I have a fall wreath that is hung up outside on the house next to the back door. I didn't take the wreath down and change it out with the Christmas wreath this year, I just left it up.
I noticed one day that a cardinal was flying in and out of the wreath. I didn't think much of it at the time, but a few weeks later I heard a faint little chirp coming from the wreath.
I stood up on a chair and peeked in the wreath and saw 4 little balls of fuzz all huddled together!
I knew then that the cardinal was making a nest and calling the wreath her home.
As days went on I peeked in the nest seeing the day to day changes of the babies. After about 2 weeks the mama was making her daily visits to feed her babies.
It was so fun to watch from a distance, seeing the babies mouths wide open just hungry as can be.
It was even more interesting when sitting on the patio right beneath the wreath and seeing the mother cardinal in the tree "talking" to us.
We thought hmmm, is she telling us to get off the patio because it's feeding time now? Was she being protective because we were so close to that wreath?
She really chirped up a storm! After we went into the house I went to the bedroom window that looks out to the wreath and low and behold, the mother went zooming into the wreath to check her babies!
It was so interesting to watch and see how they care for their babies.
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by Carrol Betts
(Chiefland, FL)
Female Cardinal
Today we heard a loud thump, something hitting the front door. As my husband Terry went to investigate, he discovered a little female cardinal had hit the glass on the front door.
He picked the cardinal up, she seemed a little disoriented but not injured. After several minutes of petting her, he handed her to me and I started stroking her. (I think she was enjoying the attention.).
After several minutes had passed, she was able to fly on her own. She headed for the front tree.
I checked on her to make sure she was ok. She was able to join the rest of her family. She seems fine. Today was a good day.
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by Carrol Betts
(Chiefland, Fl)
Bart Simpson of Birds
Hi everyone. This is going to be short and sweet.....And sweet it is....I just couldn't resist sharing this with ya'll. As you know I take pictures everyday. Yesterday seemed like a Robin and Cardinal day.
So here comes a beautiful Cardinal...As I captured this picture, it made me laugh out loud...How much funnier can a bird be.
You know they are always up to something, jumping on top of each other to move them away, flying into each other, bopping around on the ground.
Now you look at this picture and see if he doesn't belong to the Simpson's...I call him the Bart Simpson of birds with that big high hair....He was just a mess, wonder why he didn't comb his hair or at least put some gel on it to hold it in place...
I hope ya'll enjoy this one, I doubt I'll even see another one. Hope this makes you laugh and makes your day...It certainly made my day.
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by Sandra Santee
(Hill Country of Texas)
Cardinal Bird on Snow Covered Ground
I live in the hill country of Tx. where the springs are long and the winters mild.
Except for this year, I have lived here for 25 years and this year is the first time it really snowed for a whole day.
Of course it did not stay on the ground for a whole day, but it stayed long enough for pictures.
I have been telling stories about the Cardinals that have made my yard their home and this is the on going story of the boy Cardinal that was born in my very large oak tree.
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by Sheila Thompson
(Kathleen Georgia)
Father Cardinal feeding babies
Today our school had a field trip-to our backyard. In fact as the day has gone by it has become our classroom for most subjects.
For several weeks we watched a soon to be momma Cardinal build her nest and to our joy we soon heard sweet, high pitched chirps above our heads in our Date Palm Tree.
My two children have greatly enjoyed watching the mom and dad take such good care of their brood and this morning we were able to make it out in time to see the last one in it's nest.
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