Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern
Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

Northern Cardinal Adult Male Eastern

This evening, as I was finishing my dinner, I noticed something red in the Cedar hedge behind our back yard. I quickly put my dishes in the dishwater and got my camera. Unfortunately the glass back door was poorly affecting the photos, so I very slowly and carefully opened the door. It started singing it's familiar song pichew pichew tiw tiw tiw tiw tiw tiw. Max, my dog has very sensitive ears and he didn't know what this sound was so he barked. Very surprisingly it didn't fly away, it just moved to a branch inside the tree (cardinals are usually very timid.) But I wasn't complaining about this daring cardinal because I was able to get many clear photos and videos of it. Then I went upstairs to write a blog post about it.

Total Names of Birds Seen:

Northern Cardinal

Ring-billed Gull

Dark-eyed Junco

Total Number of Birds Seen: 3 specie(s) of birds

Goodbye,

Birdman

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Backyard Birding

American Robin Nest
Adult Female Northern Cardinal
Adult Male Breeding House Sparrow

More On Last Birding Trip

Left: Adult Female Breeding Common Merganser Center, Right: Adult Male Breeding Common Merganser
Adult Male Eastern Northern Cardinal
Top, Bottom Left: Adult Bohemian Waxwing Bottom Right: Adult Cedar Waxwing

Adult Male Eastern Northern Cardinal

Yesterday we also managed to see Barn Swallows and Bohemian Waxwings. These are only some of my best pictures. I will use my other best pictures sometime later.

Birdman

Birding With Cousin Ruth & Timothy

Adult Male Eastern Northern Cardinal

Adult Male American Robin
Adult Male American Robin
Pileated Woodpecker hole

Adult Cedar Waxwing

Today at 8:30am cousin Ruth picked me up to go birding. Her husband, Timothy had also come to go birding. First we went to a place where people recently saw a Bald Eagle. When we went there we saw Common Mergansers, and Northern Cardinals. Then we went to another birding trail. As we drove in, I noticed a woodpecker hole. Then we started walking into the trail. We heard many different bird songs. Including a Bird of Prey. Then we went to a feeding station and there were Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Downy Woodpeckers feeding. Then we heard the call of a Pileated Woodpecker. Later, we went to another feeding station. We saw a hawk soaring, then cousin Ruth spotted a glimpse of a Pileated Woodpecker. Soon, Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, White-breasted Nuthatches and Red-bellied Woodpeckers came. So we turned back and found another feeding station where a weird sparrow was perched. And Blue Jays came looking for peanuts. After all that excitement we left and went to where cousin Ruth works at a hospital. There we spotted a bright red cardinal defending its territory. So we where on our way to the van and a flock of Cedar Waxwings came! Along with a few American Robins. Cousin Ruth showed me where her feeders where and I spotted a Cedar Waxwing away from the flock. I got closer and closer until the camera lens touched it! It then flew saying seeeww! It had probably got drunked from eating the raw berries. It was probably very sick. I hope it recovers. So after that amazing experience we went in the van and on the way out there was a Cooper's Hawk near its nest. Anyway, after that we went to another trail where there was a mature tall forest. Hopefully I too could see the Pileated Woodpecker. But we searched for nearly and hour and no Pileated Woodpecker. But I still had a great time, thanks to Ruth!
That was my exciting Saturday!
Birdman

Pictures

American Robins

Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Commn Grackle