anyone interested in buying this work please go to this link all the sales of this image will go to help the bushfire victims, thanks so much for helping with this cause this guy has been a fav of many since the day i took this shot, and yes he does look great printed! he’s a cardinal that lives around my home, this was taken a couple of winter’s ago (2005), he’s sired at least 5 nests of eggs since then, bringing his kids around
Sold as a mounted print to a mystery buyer! Shutter Speed 1/500 / F5.6 / ISO 250 / Focal Length 300m / Nikon D80 As is / This was taken in my backyard. Favorites 296 times! Copyright :: All Rights Reserved / Registered :: Fri Jan 16 03:07:55 UTC 2009 Title :: Cardinal #12 Great Features
Dedicated to my favorite Baseball team, St. Louis Cardinals.
a male northern cardinal sits out a snow storm in a pine tree, shot taken in winter of 2007. /
a female cardinal plays hide and seek in a pine tree
a brilliant red cardinal basks in the warm sun on a pine branch. /
Male Northern Cardinal with colorful background bokeh.
Featured in Human. Animal. Nature./Człowiek. Zwierzę. Natura. _ September 1, 2009. / Featured in _Natural color and light January 16, 2009. Of all the birds who visit my feeders, the cardinals are my favorites. (Yes, I do love my blue birds more, but they do not visit feeders … at least MINE don’t). The cardinals are my companions all year long … and this past breeding season we were blessed with a lovely family who have stayed to winter with me. Funny thing about them, some of the babies contracted a bit of a feather problem, mites I’ve been told, and boy, did they look sad!! But I was further told that the first cold snap would solve the problem … and I’m happy to relate that the whole family is now as lovely as this fellow! Image taken January 9, 2009 with the Nikon D40x, using the 70-300mm VR lens (at 300mm). See his companion here: / Golden Queen “Size & Shape / The Northern Cardinal is a fairly large, long-tailed songbird with a short, very thick bill and a prominent crest. Cardinals often sit with a hunched-over posture and with the tail pointed straight down. Color Pattern / Male cardinals are brilliant red all over, with a reddish bill and black face immediately around the bill. Females are pale brown overall with warm reddish tinges in the wings, tail, and crest. They have the same black face and red-orange bill. Behavior / Northern Cardinals tend to sit low in shrubs and trees or forage on or near the ground, often in pairs. They are common at bird feeders but may be inconspicuous away from them, at least until you learn their loud, metallic chip note. Habitat / Look for Northern Cardinals in inhabited areas such as backyards, parks, woodlots, and shrubby forest edges. Northern Cardinals nest in dense tangles of shrubs and vines.” the above information is thanks to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Featured in Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free January 16, 2009. / Featured in Mood & Ambience January 16, 2009. The female cardinal is every bit as beautiful in my eyes as the male … but in a slightly more subtle way. This particular little lady is likely one of the brood that was born and raised close by … and who visit my feeders regularly. She and her brothers and sisters are a constant source of fun as I stand in the kitchen and watch (and photograph!) their comings and goings. Image taken January 9, 2009 with the Nikon D40x, using the 70-300mm VR lens See her companion here: / Crimson King
I took a picture of this Cardinal today. 1/500 / F5.6 / ISO 100 / Focal Length 300 / Nikon D80
Finally the birds in our yard are no longer leery of me and let me shoot them. Cookies, peanuts and sunflower seeds have done the trick. Kodak P805 / Flash: Not Used / Focal Length: 72mm / Exposure Time: 0.005s (1/250) / Aperture: f/3.7 / ISO: 50
A cardinal amongst a winter wonderland holding watch after an eve of 12 inches of fresh snowfall Holding Watch / Top 10 95% Snow Oct 2009 / Top 10 in Color Focal Point, JPG Cast-Offs challenge Aug 2009 / Top 10 in Tweet, Tweet , The Woman Photographer May 2009 / Featured in the Bits and Pieces group, February 2009 Also available in: /
This cardinal seems to be rejoicing in the Easter season. Alleluia! He is risen!
This photo reminded me of the SNL skit. What do you think…..Canon 50D, Canon 70mm-200mm f/4 L lens.
Featured in Canon DSLR, August 8, 2009. / Featured in Songbirds of North America, August 8, 2009. Featured in the Woman Photographer August 6, 2009 Female Northern Cardinal image taken on my property, in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada on August 5, 2009. Male mate to this lovely female. / Canon EOS Rebel XTi with 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens @ 320mm. SS 1/125, f/5.6, EC -1/3, ISO 400 (How it turned out with this shutter speed, through a window, AND hand held is beyond me!...lol) Tonal adjustments completed in Digital Photo Professional & PShop. Northern Cardinal info. courtesy of Wikipedia. The Northern Cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 20-23 centimeters long and a wingspan of 25–31 centimeters. It weighs about 45 grams. The male is slightly larger than the female. The male is a brilliant crimson red with a black face mask over the eyes, extending to the upper chest. The color is dullest on the back and wings. The female is fawn, with mostly grayish-brown tones and a reddish tint on the wings, the crest, and the tail feathers. The face mask of the female is gray to black and is less defined than that of the male. Both sexes possess prominent raised crests and bright coral-colored beaks. Mated pairs sometimes sing together before nesting. During courtship they may also participate in a bonding behavior where the male collects food and brings it to the female, feeding her beak-to-beak. If the mating is successful, this mate-feeding may continue throughout the period of incubation. The oldest wild Cardinal banded by researchers lived at least 15 years and 9 months. Bird Gallery / Mounted Print / / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
I was sitting near the bluebird house, hoping for a visit from the bluebirds, when to my surprise, this gorgeous male northern cardinal stops by for a visit. He sat long enough for me to snap several shot. The northern casrdinal is the only fully red color bird with a tuft of feathers, and a conical beak.
a femal northern cardinal braves a snow storm to visit the suet feeder for a quick snack. Cardinals are jearty birds, able to withstand cold winters. It is helpful to have large pine trees nearby to afford them shelter during the coldspell, pine trees will surely sttract them,.
a male cardinal, brilliant in red, has hgis big bright eyes on the lookout for predators. Cardinals love to sit in the pine tree to check the sunflower seed feeder for safety before coming in to feed. This affords an excellent opportunity for some candid, closeup shots. I love the way the pine needles frame the cardinal, and radiate out from him.
Two female cardinals in my Mimosa Tree. This is a digital compilation of two cardinals who landed in my tree at different times (same day). Original photos taken January, 2008. Cardinals: The female cardinal is a familiar backyard bird. It is a buff brown bird with tinges of red on crest and wings and a large red bill. They are non-migrators and eat seeds, insects and fruit and are common visitors at bird feeders. Cardinals can be very territorial in the spring and are know to fight their own reflections.
a lovely lady cardinal, braving the snow storm, sits on a snow covered pine branch waiting for her mate to eat his fill of sunflower seeds at the feeder. /
the brilliant male cardinal, the boss of the group, enjoys a brief moment of warm sunshine as he rests on a snow covered pine branch. I love his pose, and he looks kind of dreamy, possibly thinking of spring. / /
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