Cardinals!
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Cardinals!
My yard has been full of cardinals this winter. Every time the ground is covered in snow, they show up at the feeders in droves. I counted 50 pairs one day, and gave up.
There were so many of them that DH even noticed, and he's started looking at them every day to see how many are there.
These aren't the best pics, taken through the window next to my computer.
What do you call a huge flock of cardinals? I call it a blessing!
Linda P
There were so many of them that DH even noticed, and he's started looking at them every day to see how many are there.
These aren't the best pics, taken through the window next to my computer.
What do you call a huge flock of cardinals? I call it a blessing!
Linda P
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And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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It is weird how they show up isn't it?! We had so many yesterday show up out of the blue. It was nonstop all day long. Like they knew a big storm was supposed to be coming....I had to fill the feeders 3 times yesterday!
Claudia
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
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Hey, OED...I think I have several teams worth.
I may have to put some of them on waiver...
Linda P
I may have to put some of them on waiver...
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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I think I miss these the most during snowfalls. They just make it all worth it, with thier beauty against fresh fallen snow, don't you?
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
My hosta list: viewtopic.php?t=39540
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I agree, Jane. There are few things that brighten a winter more than the sight of cardinals on a snowcovered branch.
You'll have yours back next year!
Linda P
You'll have yours back next year!
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
One of my favorite winter scenes, cardinals in the snow!! Wow Linda, 50 pairs!!!?? I get excited when we get more than six pairs!
We have the feeder right out the window and could watch them for hours. Amazing how they know when to show up. Sometimes I don't get out there to fill the feeders for a few days and we really miss seeing them. Somehow when I fill the feeder they find it again within the hour!
Great pics Linda!
We have the feeder right out the window and could watch them for hours. Amazing how they know when to show up. Sometimes I don't get out there to fill the feeders for a few days and we really miss seeing them. Somehow when I fill the feeder they find it again within the hour!
Great pics Linda!
JaneG
Start slowly . . . then taper off.
Start slowly . . . then taper off.
OC is lucky to havde thdem here the year round
He love to see families come up on the Deck to feed at one time. The little ones are so cute. It is a wonder they survive.
OC loving the good lord's little birdies.......
OC loving the good lord's little birdies.......
There may be snow in the garden, but there will always be eternal springtime in the heart of this old gardner - Saying of Old Coot