Call of the Birds
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In the south, cardinals are often called ‘redbirds’ and it is easy to see why. With their bright red plumage, black mask, and prominent crest, the male cardinal is difficult to confuse with any other bird. Females are brown with a reddish wash on wings and the tail. Cardinals are abundant and widespread in woodlands, and a common bird at feeders in residential areas.
Cardinals are typically the first bird to visit feeders in the morning and the last to visit in the evenings.
The Northern Cardinal’s name dates back to the time of the United States founding colonists, stemming from the similarity of the males’ vibrant red plumage to the red biretta and vestments of distinguishable Catholic cardinals.
Northern Cardinals are classified as granivorous animals because they live on a diet consisting of mostly seeds. Their short, stout, cone-shaped beaks are specially designed to crack open the hulls on seeds and shells on nuts.
Occasionally, a lack of the typical red pigment in the plumage occurs and is replaced by vibrant yellow or orangish pigments, which results in a yellow cardinal. The appearance of vibrant yellow Northern Cardinals is typically caused by a genetic plumage variation called xanthochroism.
Contradictory to many other songbirds, Northern Cardinals are mostly a non-migratory species, opting to overwinter in their chosen spring/summer habitat.
I found this male in my backyard in Polk County, Florida.
Daylily are starting to bloom!
Here are some from last year from the gardens of:
Carol & Leemer Cernohlavek
Redbird Hill Daylilies
Fulton, Missouri
July 13, 2021
Hi all! No, I haven't disappeared again. Just dealing with a flare up of shoulder/neck pain that has made it difficult to work on my laptop. It's finally feeling much better this morning but I'll probably be off most of the rest of today. Hopefully back tomorrow able to spend more time here catching up with your posts and also group activity!
As always, thanks for stopping by!
The Northern Cardinal is a common to abundant resident
throughout Florida. It is the common redbird of backyards
and parks and is one of the most easily recognized
species in the state. The Cardinal is a resident in the
eastern half of the United States, including southern
Canada, and is also found from Central America north to
southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Two subspecies breed in Florida:
C. s. cardinalis west of
the Apalachicola River and C. s. floridanus throughout the
remainder of the state.
In the south, cardinals are often called ‘redbirds’ and it is easy to see why. With their bright red plumage, black mask, and prominent crest, the male cardinal is difficult to confuse with any other bird. Females are brown with a reddish wash on wings and the tail. Cardinals are abundant and widespread in woodlands, and a common bird at feeders in residential areas.
I found this male in my backyard. Lake Wales, Florida.
Daylily are starting to bloom!
Here are some from last year from the gardens of:
Carol & Leemer Cernohlavek
Redbird Hill Daylilies
Fulton, Missouri
July 13, 2021
Daylily are starting to bloom!
Here are some from last year from the gardens of:
Carol & Leemer Cernohlavek
Redbird Hill Daylilies
Fulton, Missouri
July 13, 2021
I was done for the morning when I heard this guy chirping away. I could only hear him and was going to skip another Cardinal shot. But then I saw him in the tree and my fist thought was, What a beautiful bird!. I hope you think so too.
Scarlet Tanager, breeding male
Piranga olivacea
When I first saw this striking beauty low in a tangle from a distance I thought it was something man-made. When I got closer I was delighted to see that it was a tanager! I can honestly say that I've never seen in nature a redder red than this guy exhibited.
One of several non-warbler species observed in The Marsh.
Magee Marsh, Lucas County, OH
Daylily are starting to bloom!
Here are some from last year from the gardens of:
Carol & Leemer Cernohlavek
Redbird Hill Daylilies
Fulton, Missouri
July 13, 2021
A late running HWSA meant that instead of shooting a cloudy blah shot, I could breakout the flashes. With no stacks in tow HWSA passes Redbird state recreation area and ORV trails in Dugger IN. The crew will swing hard left in about a mile and head east to Switz City to meet the SAHW and swap trains.