Cindy Sue Causey
Male Cardinal and Grosbeak: Pecking Order 1 of 3
Project: Backyard Pishing; Private Residence, Talking Rock, Pickens County, North Georgia, USA
Date: 2012.10.04; Pleasant day with some Sun
Camera: Kodak Z740 Zoom
In this first of 3 pics taken in a series, a male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, NOCA) has just landed on the platform feeder he normally frequents. He ends up encountering a Fall migrating juvenile male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus, RBGR) that showed up a week or so before on its way thru the area. Got lucky times two on this series the lighting wasn't too bad AND both birds were caught in their entirety in all 3 images.
Pretty funny to see the male Cardinal choose to sit this one out this time and wait for the Grosbeak to finish. In a similar looking 4 image series a few months back, a male Cardinal presented similar body language on a different feeder as he stood his ground and ate while an immature Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis, GRCA) pondered from about a foot away.
Male Cardinal and Grosbeak: Pecking Order 1 of 3
Project: Backyard Pishing; Private Residence, Talking Rock, Pickens County, North Georgia, USA
Date: 2012.10.04; Pleasant day with some Sun
Camera: Kodak Z740 Zoom
In this first of 3 pics taken in a series, a male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, NOCA) has just landed on the platform feeder he normally frequents. He ends up encountering a Fall migrating juvenile male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus, RBGR) that showed up a week or so before on its way thru the area. Got lucky times two on this series the lighting wasn't too bad AND both birds were caught in their entirety in all 3 images.
Pretty funny to see the male Cardinal choose to sit this one out this time and wait for the Grosbeak to finish. In a similar looking 4 image series a few months back, a male Cardinal presented similar body language on a different feeder as he stood his ground and ate while an immature Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis, GRCA) pondered from about a foot away.