Search Results for: Northern cardinal
BirdSpotter 2020-21
Female Northern CardinalMarch 4, 2021
Female Northern CardinalMarch 3, 2021
Female Northern Cardinal in a beech treeMarch 3, 2021
Returning Female Cardinal, accompanied by a singing male today
White-headed Northern Cardinal and Brown-headed CowbirdMarch 1, 2021
A white-headed cardinal visited our feeder last year. Elusive, she was difficult to photograph.
northern cardinal on a snowy day in DecemberFebruary 27, 2021
on a snowy December day a northern Cardinal paid a visit to our backyard
Northern Cardinal and Goldfinch feeding togetherFebruary 24, 2021
Northern Cardinal on White PineFebruary 23, 2021
Common, yet always extraordinary, it’s always a treat when cardinals visit my feeding station.
Northern Cardinal with SunfowersFebruary 23, 2021
Northern cardinal feeding on sunflowers.
Female Northern Cardinal on Gourd FeederFebruary 22, 2021
I made a new bird feeder out of a dried up gourd, cut it in half and made a few adjustments and hung it near my window so I can see the birds a little closer. With all the snow we’ve been having it has become quite a busy feeder. This pic is a good […]
Northern CardinalFebruary 22, 2021
The Northern Cardinal was making loud calls and flying from tree to tree.
Male Northern CardinalFebruary 10, 2021
A Northern cardinal pair during snowfallFebruary 8, 2021
Female Northern CardinalFebruary 4, 2021
Female Northern CardinalFebruary 4, 2021
End of January snowstorm in Md. My Backyard Birds and Friends
Fantastic Female Northern CardinalFebruary 2, 2021
This lovely lady was basking in the morning sun one recent winter day.
Pittsburgh’s Pied Northern CardinalFebruary 2, 2021
This rare & beautiful Pied Northern Cardinal frequents my backyard every winter. It’s always a treat when Piper returns!
Female Northern Cardinal Jan 2021February 2, 2021
Female Northern CardinalFebruary 1, 2021
Northern Cardinal After Rare Virginia Beach SnowstormJanuary 28, 2021
Female Northern Cardinal enjoying a snowy breakfast in Virginia Beach! Taken by me on Jan 28th, 2020.
Lady Northern CardinalJanuary 26, 2021
This beautiful bird had a clever habit of perching on a plant just above the bottom of the feeder to wait for her turn.
Female Northern CardinalJanuary 25, 2021
This female cardinal was feeding on sunflower seeds on the ground in a small cleared area after the snow stopped falling..
Northern Cardinal in BittersweetJanuary 25, 2021
A beautiful female Northern Cardinal with an especially bright beak pauses for a moment in bittersweet.
Ms Northern Cardinal showing off her tail.January 25, 2021
I was photographing birds from a blind on a ranch in Arizona, 20 miles or so south of Tuscon, and this beautiful female Northern Cardinal was tempting the nearby males with her beautiful tail fan. It was spring time — time for bird love! Nikon D4S, 600mm focal length, Nikon 300mm lens wth 2x extender, […]
Female Northern Cardinal in WinterJanuary 17, 2021
On a cold February Minnesota morning this female Northern Cardinal landed on a dead jagged spruce tree stump near our suet feeder. She appears to be asking: Who are you? What are you doing here?
Quizzical Northern CardinalJanuary 11, 2021
I love to watch the cardinals near my feeder; they’re great posers, and have the funniest personalities :-). This one stared me down for quite a while, and seemed to wonder what on earth I was doing photographing him from my window.
Northern Cardinals and Downy Woodpecker enjoying a snack on a snowy day!January 7, 2021
Beautiful Northern Cardinals and Downy Woodpecker enjoying a snack in our backyard on a snowy day!
Male Northern CardinalJanuary 7, 2021
A cold, sunny morning with a Northern CardinalJanuary 3, 2021
Northern Cardinals in our backyard come every morning, and in the afternoon right before dusk. But when the time is right, the sun is not hot, it’s not to windy, and there is not that much birds to disturb them. The whole Cardinal family comes and has the the best meal ever! And when it […]
Northern CardinalDecember 31, 2020
A Northern Cardinal uses one of the perches I attach to my feeders as it waits for its turn at the sunflower seeds on a busy snowy day.
Female northern cardinal and a white-throated sparrowDecember 1, 2020
Northern Cardinal & Downy WoodpeckerNovember 30, 2020
A Male Northern Cardinal looks to some black oil sunflower seed as a Male Downy Woodpecker enjoys a treat from the suet log.
BirdSpotter 2019-20
Northern CardinalFebruary 19, 2020
A beautiful Northern Cardinal posing on a limb on a dreary day on our mountain!
Female Northern CardinalFebruary 12, 2020
Northern CardinalFebruary 4, 2020
This female Northern Cardinal was kept getting her feathers ruffled in the gusty wind.
Northern Cardinal Takes to FlightFebruary 3, 2020
The Northern Cardinal took flight as I was photographing it, flying directly toward me.
Northern Cardinal at my bird feederJanuary 11, 2020
Looks like a competition of N. Cardinal with sparrows for a better seeds. 🙂
Northern CardinalDecember 19, 2019
Itchy northern cardinalDecember 19, 2019
Upon hiking in stiglmeier Park, I noticed a strangely high number of cardinals flying about. So I took out my camera and got photos of them!
Northern CardinalDecember 14, 2019
Sharing a back yard feeder.
Northern CardinalDecember 13, 2019
Northern CardinalDecember 13, 2019
Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis CardinalisDecember 13, 2019
I was at a relatives house, watching the birds in their backyard, when this amazing male Northern Cardinal flew down to one of the feeders. He was beautiful and I just had to get closer. I snuck up and the Cardinal let me get right up to him, in this photo, I was about 12 […]
Northern CardinalDecember 12, 2019
Northern Cardinal on a frosty morning
Male Northern CardinalDecember 12, 2019
While visiting Maui, Hawaii with my family I took the occassion to bring along my camera to photograph the local birds both native and introduced. I was delighted to find this male Northern Cardinal and was able to capture his beauty against the lush tropical foliage.
Northern CardinalDecember 11, 2019
Northern Cardinal at feeder..December 10, 2019
This brilliant, bright red male cardinal flew in, I happened to be near by with my camera…beautiful sunny day.
Northern CardinalDecember 10, 2019
Northern Cardinal in the SnowDecember 10, 2019
Northern CardinalDecember 10, 2019
Living close to Lake Superior, when I was a kid, we never saw a Cardinal.Now, I have had them now for about 5 years and I enjoy them!
Northern CardinalDecember 10, 2019
I love their depth of color in the drab winter, this picture was taken in the spring, he is just starting to molt, he is beautiful anyway and seemed to pose to prove it.
Female Northern CardinalDecember 10, 2019
Northern CardinalDecember 9, 2019
A female Northern Cardinal waiting for her turn at the feeder.
Male Northern CardinalDecember 9, 2019
Young Northern Cardinal poses on the trumpet vinesDecember 9, 2019
I think this young Northern Cardinal knew I had my camera when she landed in front of me on the trumpet vines and threw me this super-cute pose!
Northern Cardinal in SnowstormDecember 9, 2019
Cardinals always look beautiful in the snow, this female cardinal was showing off all her beauty on this day! The female Cardinal had always been one of my favorite birds, the are graceful and patient at the feeders.
Female Northern CardinalDecember 9, 2019
I was so focused on getting a photo of a female northern cardinal (who finally got a turn on the feeder) that I didn’t see the incoming tufted-titmouse coming in for a landing until after I loaded the image onto my computer.
Male Northern CardinalDecember 9, 2019
This is a Male Northern Cardinal. He is taking a look around before going to the feeder.
A private feast for a noble Northern CardinalDecember 9, 2019
BirdSpotter 2018-19
Female Northern CardinalFebruary 27, 2019
She was kind enough to let me get within 15 feet so I could see the detail in each feather
Northern CardinalFebruary 19, 2019
Male Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal On A beautiful spring dayFebruary 7, 2019
Downy Woodpecker meets Northern CardinalFebruary 4, 2019
I don’t know who was more surprised, the Downy Woodpecker or Northern Cardinal. They flew in at the same time and had a very brief introduction.
Pied Northern CardinalFebruary 4, 2019
This rare Pied Northern Cardinal visited my Pittsburgh backyard during the Polar Vortex!
Northern Cardinal in the peaceful snowfallJanuary 31, 2019
Male Northern Cardinal feeds on seed in fancy birdfeeder during a peaceful snowfall.
A female Northern Cardinal in the middle of winterJanuary 31, 2019
Northern Cardinal FemaleJanuary 31, 2019
Female cardinal spotted near the Suwannee River in Suwannee County Florida.
Northern Cardinal warming itselfJanuary 31, 2019
The air temperature was -29 with a windchill of about -45. This male Northern Cardinal was in the morning sun perched on our big Norway Spruce that has feeders on and under it. I took the photo through the window when I saw the big red ball of fluff and frost on his crest, buuuurrrrrrrrrrr!
Male Northern CardinalJanuary 31, 2019
Male Northern Cardinal taken during a fresh snowstorm in Springfield MA.
Northern Cardinal in the SnowJanuary 31, 2019
Northern CardinalJanuary 30, 2019
Northern CardinalJanuary 30, 2019
Cardinals often bring their families to my feeders. This fellow was particularly fun to see.
Northern Cardinal eating Flowering Almond BlossomJanuary 30, 2019
It was spring and I noticed the Flowering Almond plan in my backyard was buzzing with bees. I positioned myself in my dining room to try to capture a flying bee approaching a flower through an open window. Suddenly, this Cardinal landed on a lower branch of the plant and started to peck at flowers. […]
Northern Cardinal – King of the FinchesJanuary 30, 2019
When there is snow on the ground, the Cardinals like to visit this small feeder on our deck.
Male Northern Cardinal mid sipJanuary 30, 2019
I caught him drinking and dribblibg on a hot summer day.
Male Northern CardinalJanuary 29, 2019
This male Northern Cardinal was sitting just to the side of a bird feeder, seemingly very content to stay put as I walked back and forth between Potter’s traps (I’m part of a bird-banding crew). The snowfall brought to mind a snow globe, very gentle with beautiful flakes.
Northern CardinalJanuary 29, 2019
Northern Cardinal and Blue JayJanuary 29, 2019
Northern Cardinal in a winter Sand Cherry TreeJanuary 29, 2019
Female Northern CardinalJanuary 28, 2019
Female Northern Cardinal perched on a branch during light snowfall in December 2018.
Male Northern CardinalJanuary 28, 2019
Northern Cardinal FemaleJanuary 28, 2019
Afternoon feeding female Northern Cardinal enjoying her black sunflower seed.
Northern Cardinal and friendsJanuary 28, 2019
This male Northern Cardinal is very peaceful when eating with smaller birds like these House Finches and American Goldfinches. There were 2 Goldfinches and a male and female House Finch eating along side him at the time.
Northern CardinalJanuary 28, 2019
This is one of the two males that I have coming to my feeders!
Male Northern Cardinal in the rainJanuary 27, 2019
Lucy the Leucistic Pied Northern CardinalJanuary 27, 2019
A few years ago, we noticed this beautiful girl hanging around the backyard. She is a leucistic pied Northern Cardinal — we named her Lucy. We had read that they are usually shunned by the other cardinals, so we were thrilled to see a male feeding her during mating season. Lucy was around for over […]
Female Northern Cardinal Basking in the SunJanuary 25, 2019
Pied Northern CardinalJanuary 25, 2019
Northern CardinalJanuary 25, 2019
A female Northern Cardinal giving me some attitude.
Northern Cardinal Sitting PrettyJanuary 25, 2019
This photograph was taken this past spring in New London, CT, at the Connecticut College Arboretum, a beautiful area that attracts many birds. I was strolling the grounds and happened to turn around to see this bright red Northern Cardinal sitting so nicely on a very pink redbud tree. The contrast of the colors was […]
Northern Cardinal in apple treeJanuary 23, 2019
Female Northern Cardinal in an apple tree all fluffed up for a cold winters night.
Northern Cardinal PortraitJanuary 22, 2019
To me, there is nothing quite like the brilliant red of a male northern cardinal. These beautiful birds are some of the most common year-round visitors to our feeders.
Northern CardinalJanuary 22, 2019
Northern CardinalJanuary 22, 2019
Northern Cardinal ProfileJanuary 22, 2019
This male Northern Cardinal was very hospitable to hold still for his profile picture
northern cardinalJanuary 22, 2019
With the recent snow fall, birds were filling the cedar trees waiting their turn at the feeder. These tree looked like they were decorations on a Christmas tree.
Northern Cardinal with Evening GrosbeaksJanuary 22, 2019
Kept a watch on my feeders this season waiting for the evening grosbeaks to appear. I was delighted to see this pair arrive in early December 2018. Last time they were seen in this area was 2012. Interesting to compare the size of a cardinal and a grosbeak. They only stayed a few days but […]
Northern CardinalJanuary 22, 2019
Northern CardinalJanuary 21, 2019
In the middle of a snowstorm, many birds came to my feeders, but this female cardinal stood out as she waited her turn.
Northern cardinalJanuary 21, 2019
This cardinal was the first bird I spotted on Christmas Eve. It sat in the spruce tree long enough for me to grab my camera and snap this photo. I have not seen a cardinal in that tree since.