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Title: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 03, 2022, 10:52:13 PM: Hard to count them - but pretty certain I counted 8 pairs of Cardinals out the kitchen window.
My wife always maintains a couple of bird feeders when the ground is covered, and somedays a warm bath (not kidding)

There are three grey squirrels and one black squirrel - they all get along OK.
Every now and then I'll go out and run off a hawk looking down at them, checking his menu.... (yeah - but they can eat somewhere else - like the 10000's of crows at the library)

(https://i.postimg.cc/7YVqwZY3/P1140929.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/PrfBbzTD/20220203-171606.jpg)

We just finished 12 hours of freezing rain, now it's snowing on top of it (why I went riding in the dark & the rain early yesterday)
(https://i.postimg.cc/90DyVnyT/20220203-171720.jpg)

Stig
*my Xmas lights will look great tonight...if we don't lose power :)
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Iahawk on February 04, 2022, 12:59:50 PM: neat pics...I don't recall ever seeing more than 1 pair of Cardinals at any time..ever!
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Neil955i on February 04, 2022, 01:20:19 PM: Quote from: Iahawk on February 04, 2022, 12:59:50 PM
neat pics...I don't recall ever seeing more than 1 pair of Cardinals at any time..ever!

And I’ve never seen any before. Must be a native N American bird species?
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 04, 2022, 01:38:31 PM: Quote from: Neil955i on February 04, 2022, 01:20:19 PM
And I’ve never seen any before. Must be a native N American bird species?
Check amazon - $18.99 "Make a Cardinal Kit" comes with 6 ducklings and 1 Qt. Flaming Red Bird Dip.
Also makes really neat cats.

Stig
"Thay Will Come" bird feed is 90% sunflower seeds - Cardinals love the stuff.
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Neil955i on February 04, 2022, 05:17:22 PM: 😂
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Iahawk on February 04, 2022, 07:13:54 PM: Quote from: Neil955i on February 04, 2022, 01:20:19 PM
And I’ve never seen any before. Must be a native N American bird species?

yes, native here, and beautiful birds! I always see Cardinals as a pair. I always see a male and a female together.

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-cardinal
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 04, 2022, 08:27:09 PM: Quote from: Iahawk on February 04, 2022, 07:13:54 PM
yes, native here, and beautiful birds! I always see Cardinals as a pair. I always see a male and a female together.

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-cardinal
Yep, always in pairs, like the mallard ducks that I see at the reservoir. Pairs.
If you look, the mate is always nearby.
We have had birdfeeders out back for decades....buy the seed in 50lb bags...so birds 🐦 remember where to come.
Stig
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: Neil955i on February 08, 2022, 08:08:16 AM: Thanks Hawk, lovely birds!
Title: Re: NSR: yeah it's a snow storm...but the Cardinals are really cool
Post by: LidoCA on February 16, 2022, 12:13:51 AM: 25 years ago, I took my first trip east to Kentucky. That was the first time I ever saw a Cardinal. I was in my 30s, and felt like a kid. I had only seen them on a baseball uniform and a football helmet prior to that. I know, I'm a dork, but it was something new for this city boy.