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Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinals: It’s Just Breakfast

February 14, 2018 by MoJo

It seems appropriate to schedule a Valentine's Day post featuring a pair of Cardinals sharing breakfast at the feeder.  Although filmed in January, I have noticed the various birds on the property showing up in pairs more frequently.  It is nearing time to select a mate for spring nesting, but mating won't occur yet -- so "It's Just Breakfast".

As an aside, I captured the photos below to illustrate a point about the Cardinals.  If you note the time stamp on each photo ... Cardinals are generally the "first in" and "last out" at the feeders.  They appear for breakfast just-before daybreak ... and are often the last to grab a beak-full at dusk.

Cardinal - First In

First In - Northern Cardinal

Cardinal - Last Out

Last Out - Northern Cardinal

I'll segue off of this early-mating-behavior post to return us to the final six posts in the Bird Parenting Series.  Until then ... Happy Valentine's Day ... even if "It's Just Breakfast".

https://www.feathersandfuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Just-Breakfast-Video.mp4

Filed Under: Feathers, Northern Cardinal Tagged With: Early Bird Gets the Worm, It's Just Breakfast, It's Just Lunch, Northern Cardinals

Georgia Winter Wildlife: Out and About

January 21, 2018 by MoJo

Cardinal in Sun

It's that time of year when we Georgian's have had quite enough of winter.  Just when I was starting to feel a bit ornery about this fact, a male Cardinal landed on the feeder ... his red feathers aglow in the afternoon sun.  What a gift!  

I reflected on how much winter wildlife does to brighten the landscape and tide me over until the grass turns green again and flowers open their kaleidoscope to the summer sun.  

So ...I'm going to stop talking ... and just jump right into sharing the gift of Georgia's winter wildlife.  

  • New Fallen Snow - First Light
    New Fallen Snow - First Light
  • Shades of Blue - Blue Jay
    Shades of Blue - Blue Jay
  • Bluebirds x4 - Winter
    Eastern Bluebirds Visit Mealworm Feeder
  • Tufted Titmouse - Tufted
    Tufted Titmouse Showing His Tuft
  • Peter Cotton Tail
    When he's not eating your flowers and vegetables, he munches on bird seed.
  • Yellow-Rumped Warbler: Winter 2013
    Yellow-Rumped Warbler: Winter 2013
  • Could be Worse: Eastern Phoebe Winter 2013
    Could be Worse: Eastern Phoebe Winter 2013
  • Dark-eyed Junco-2018-01-08
    Dark-eyed Junco:  January 2018
  • We Call Him Hoover
    We call him "Hoover".  He vacuums up seeds until his cheeks nearly burst.
  • Mockingbird: Winter 2013
    Mockingbird: Winter 2013
  • Pine Warbler: Winter 2018
    Pine Warbler: Winter 2018
  • Found a Peanut: Tufted Titmouse
    Found a Peanut: Tufted Titmouse
  • Going Head-to-Head: Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove
    Going Head-to-Head: Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove:  Fall 2017
  • Male and Female Cardinals - Winter 2018

  • Orange-Morph and Normal-Color (Red) Male House Finches

  • Rocky at Side Show
    Bandit Extraordinaire
  • Napoleon vs Wren: October 2017You want a piece of me?!

Filed Under: All the Others, Bluebird, Carolina Wren, Eastern Phoebe, Feathers, Fuzz, Northern Cardinal, The Menagerie Tagged With: Georgia Winter Wildlife, Male Northern Cardinal

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