Mr. Cardinal and his cowbird

Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal have 4 or 5 baby cardinals along with a cowbird. I posted more on FeederWatch.

Baby Cardinal

First baby cardinal of the year! I think it’s a female.

*Rare* leucistic female cardinal

Excited to see my first leucistic cardinal!

Backyard Birds part 2

The Yellow-rumped Warbler comes every day, multiple times a day, for peanut butter.

Female cardinal on her eggs(The brood that didn’t hatch)

The cardinals had 3 eggs in the first brood(in June 2022), & they didn’t hatch(they only had one brood)Hoping that they would nest in 2023!

Feeder Birds

The Cardinals visit sometimes, the Chipping Sparrows visit in flocks of about 50 every day, the Yellow-rumped WArbler visits multiple time a day to eat suet, and The Peep visits every day.

Chipping Sparrows, Northern Cardinal, Cooper’s Hawk, The Peep, House Sparrow and Mourning Doves.

There are now about 30 Chipping Sparrows!

Feeder Birds

A few of our feeder birds

Cardinals

Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal. The baby was there too but it left.

Mother Cardinal Feeding Fledgling

Mother Cardinal and her baby

Mrs. Cardinal

Mrs. Cardinal came back. She was eating the safflower seeds that I spilled.

Female Cardinal at suet feeder

Look on the left side of the feeder. Hopefully, I can get better pictures of her if she comes back. I took these through a window and binoculars.

Male Cardinal in our Oak tree

Male Cardinal in our Oak tree. The picture was taken through binoculars. I also saw a young red-tailed hawk in our oak tree too. They were making chip calls.

Mr. Cardinal

Mr. Cardinal and two other cardinals (a male and female) came to visit.

Better picture of the Cowbird

A better picture of the Cowbird. What a sweet little cowbird. It’s taking good care of its not yet hatched Cardinal siblings.

Young Cowbird in nest

Baby Cowbird in a nest. Eggs need ID. White with brown speckles. The eggs are about an inch long. There are two eggs. The nest was made of mostly sticks and lots of white down feathers. Any ID?

cardinal nest & bird.

Cardinal Visits Feeder!!!

After months of waiting for the cardinals, there finally here! There are at least 5.

Cardinal Nest

Never seen a cardinal nest like this before!

I saw cardinals building this nest and have never seen a bird nest like this! I don’t want to use this door and destroy the nest. It is now November, so the little ones are gone. Should i leave the nest alone? Will they come back? It is a perfectly protected area for a nest – smart cardinals!

The Cardinals Are Hatching!

A neighborhood cardinal nest with 3 eggs has begun to hatch! We’re actually not 100% sure if they are all cardinals or if a cowbird snuck in there, but we are very excited to see the first healthy young!

Cardinal Mate Feeding

This Northern Cardinal pair was out at the feeder this morning, and the male was feeding his mate a bite of seed.

Cardinal nesting

We have 3 eggs!

Our first Cardinal nest!! She did a good job.

Some photos I forgot to submit of the last fledgling being taken care of before fledging.

Some photos I forgot to submit of the last fledgling being taken care of before fledging. He sure has nice parents! The cowbird nestling already fledged the day before.

Mother Cardinal Keeping The Nestlings Warm.

Mother And Father Cardinal Feed The Babies!

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Father cardinal hanging out in the trees.

Northern Cardinal Nest

Three Northern Cardinal eggs laid in potted clementine tree on my patio.

Cowbird & Cardinal nestlings in northern cardinal nest.

Cardinal egg & cowbird egg hatch in northern cardinal nest.

I’m not your step-father, cowbird!

Baby Cardinals

Baby Northern Cardinals < 24 hours old.

Eggs!

A Northern Cardinal nest on the north side of the pond.

Northern cardinal young in nest

Plump Baby Cardinal

A plump baby Cardinal contemplating it’s first attempt at flight.

March 12, 2014 BEFORE WINTER STORM

Birds getting ready for winter storm.

All of my bird videos (a playlist)

This playlist lists all of the bird videos I have uploaded to YouTube. Hope it works and is useful.