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Hungry cardinal

February 15, 2014 by Mike Powell

As I was walking through the snow in a wooded area behind some of the townhouses in my neighborhood, a flash or bright red caught my eye and I knew immediately that it was a male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), one of my favorite birds.

I stalked him as he moved from tree to tree until he eventually landed on this feeder that was hanging from the second-story deck of one of my neighbors. I really like the industrial look of the feeder and think it adds a nice contrast to softer, less distinct feathers of the cardinal.

Posted in Art, Birds, Nature, Photography, Portraits, wildlife, Winter | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Canon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, feeder, Northern cardinal, Runnymeade | 8 Comments

8 Responses

on February 15, 2014 at 11:55 am | Reply cyberspacecrafter

Reblogged this on Cyberspace Crafter.
on February 15, 2014 at 12:18 pm | Reply Dan Antion

Beautiful bird. Very nice picture.
- on February 16, 2014 at 5:17 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Dan. The color of the male cardinal never fails lift my spirits.
on February 15, 2014 at 7:28 pm | Reply naturesnippets

He posed admiralby.
on February 16, 2014 at 8:40 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

One of the few ways to find color in winter. He’s a beauty!
on February 16, 2014 at 9:08 pm | Reply Sue

Cardinals never fail to add some cheer! How is the snow depth in your area after this past week’s weather?
- on February 17, 2014 at 4:57 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  We got somewhere around ten inches or so in my neighborhood and a lot more in some of the areas in Maryland. Some of it has melted, but it has mostly hung around for the week. However, temperatures are expected to get up to 60 degrees by the end of the week.
on March 4, 2014 at 1:32 am | Reply Another Cardinal in the Snow | I see beauty all around by rob paine

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