It was an icy January morning in 2011, and I was snapping photos of the birds in our back yard here in north central Louisiana. I do this often from our back deck, it is like therapy for me! I was so happy to capture this fella's pose that day.
By Rita
This is my Red Cardinal that stays in our old shed out back. He comes back every year in the winter.
This was taken in our yard. The wind blew down the feeder and my favorite cardinal and his mate had fun eating out of the bird feeder on the ground.
I followed, and finally saw the elusive cardinal in our backyard! He was very hard to get any pictures of, he was feeding his young who were in the maple tree.
I was already taking pictures of this lovely female cardinal when the downy woodpecker came in. He nipped her tail a little, hence the indignant attitude!
Red cardinals are so pretty to look at in the snow in the winter. They decorate many calendars and Christmas cards, which is understandable.
This was taken off my pool deck in my backyard. My husband was able to capture the wonderful moment of the baby cardinals in their nest waiting for their mom to come back with some food.
This photo is a bit blurry, it was far up in a tree and I was worried about it flying away, but it still amazes me!
This red bird does not seem to know that spring and summer are gone because it still enjoys the same branches it did when they were pretty and green.
I happened to look out my kitchen window yesterday, and saw this beautiful cardinal sitting there posing for me!
I took this photo from the window where I sit with my laptop every morning. This cardinal entertained me by sitting at the feeder for about 10 minutes!
I saw my first cardinal this year, when we put out our grandson's new birdhouse. A beautiful sight to behold!
This bird was right outside my window, just sitting there. So I grabbed my camera and started snapping photos. I got about five or six shots before he flew away!
