Female Cardinal

This pretty lady is a female Cardinal. She and her mate visited my backyard feeder a few weeks ago. Cardinals have been some of my favorites for years but I was never able to get a picture of a female. Did you know that in spring, male Cardinals will mouth-feed females to gain favor with them? I’ve seem them do it – it’s adorable.

I have many more backyard visitors than I ever had at our old place.  I’ve updated the Birding photo gallery with about 20 new pictures.  I hope to provide more as I spot more birds!  Spring is just around the corner also and I hope to get a lot closer to them.  I’ve read that Chickadees in particular are more apt to get close to people.  I’ve even seen some eating out of people’s hands!

If that ever happens, I’ll be sure to post a picture of it!

If you’re interested in feeding your backyard birds, some good information can be found here at the Cornell website.

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