Cardinal Convention

[catlady1945]

Great photos - what beautiful birds. Fabulous colour. We very seldom see cardinals in our area. I think I've seen a cardinal twice. We have a lot of blue jays, though.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Beautiful pictures of such beautiful birds. My cats would love to watch this kind of t.v.

[All Creatures Great And Small]

I laughed out loud when I spotted Ritzy in the third picture - of course that's where she would be, with this dazzling show going on outside!

I so love cardinals, but this year we have a hawk hanging around the neighborhood, so I have had NO BIRDS at my feeders. Usually I have huge flocks of all kinds, cardinals included, but they have been scared off. I sure hope this doesn't last all year, because I really miss watching my birdies, and so does the kitty!

[tuxluvr]

Originally posted by NoahsMommy
Gorgeous!!! Those pictures are amazing....the birds are so vibrant, my hubby thought the picture was fake. Beautiful!

It's funny you should say that - I printed off the last picture and showed it to my hubby - he said if he hadn't seen the birds himself he would have wondered if I used some photoshop to put all those birds in the picture.

Aside from not being patient enough to do that ....but these were all real - they are really that vibrant, and of course against the stark white snow they really stand out. I think the last one is earmarked for my next set of Christmas cards.

[tuxluvr]

Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small
I laughed out loud when I spotted Ritzy in the third picture - of course that's where she would be, with this dazzling show going on outside!

I so love cardinals, but this year we have a hawk hanging around the neighborhood, so I have had NO BIRDS at my feeders. Usually I have huge flocks of all kinds, cardinals included, but they have been scared off. I sure hope this doesn't last all year, because I really miss watching my birdies, and so does the kitty!

We are not immune to the hawks, either as we are near a very large forested area---they usually go after the large population of squirrels, chipmunks, mice, and snakes in the area. There has been one around , dive bombing the tree area occasionally. It does scare them away for a few hours, but so far they keep coming back to the feeders. I think hawks are spectacular and beautiful in their own right, but admit it's hard to watch them going after the birds. Still, it is part of a natural ecosystem

[Jessica12345]

omg! how cute! they are soooo beautiful and vivid!
ausome pics!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Wow!!! I don't think I've ever seen so many cardinals in one spot! They are beautiful, and I can't believe how vibrant they are. We usually have one couple, and occassionally 2 couples around, but never more than that.

These are incredible pictures, and Ritzy must be in birdy heaven!

[wolflady]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Wow!!! I don't think I've ever seen so many cardinals in one spot! They are beautiful, and I can't believe how vibrant they are. We usually have one couple, and occassionally 2 couples around, but never more than that.

These are incredible pictures, and Ritzy must be in birdy heaven!

Me too! I was just amazed at those pictures! Such beautiful bright birds they are! I think I would be as entranced in watching as dear Ritzy must be!!
LOL LOL I too almost thought the picture had been "doctored" up in Photoshop! Simply amazing! I would absolutely love a larger copy of one of those prints, tuxluvr! Is it possible to save one as a high quality .jpeg or .tiff and email it to me??

A family friend of ours from England gave my mom the most beautiful framed picture of winter cardinals a few Christmases ago. Well, since we go back to Indiana for the holidays, my mom wanted to bring the picture back out here to California, so she took the picture with her on the plane. When we arrived, we took a cab back to my dad's and my office where we had parked the car. Needless to say, my mom had accidentally left the picture in the cab...and we haven't seen it since. The guy must have kept it for himself because we had gone right back to the airport and put in a claim for it. My mom was crushed. It still makes me that this guy wouldn't have turned it in. I know he didn't turn it in on purpose because he wasn't the most amiable. He was already peod that my mom and dad and I and all of our luggage had to fit in his car! Heck, my dad is the one who packed the trunk for the guy, so I don't know why he was so pis*ed off at us! Ugh!!