Cardinal And Juvenile (feeding time)

Posted by BrianS on Sat Nov 22, 2003 5:35 pm

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Just getting through my spring time images. I watched this pair every chance I had while the young'n was growing up.
I did not know the male cardinal was so attentive to their young; cool. Thanx for looking.

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by Safariguy on Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:14 pm

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Sweet image and I like the pano crop and the contrasts with the birds and background...shame about that one bit of foliage...

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Nov 22, 2003 6:23 pm

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Love the crop, colors and action. The foliage blocks the bird a bit but doesn't hurt the image much.

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by AlexC on Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:06 pm

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A very sweet moment indeed, lovely pano crop and the pose could not be any better, perch is nice as well, if not for the leaves in the FG it would be a killer shot!!!, Still is very, very nice!!! Congrats!!!

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by Jim Urbach on Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:11 pm

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Brian,

The leaves almost make this transfer secretive. I like it as a pano.

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by ajhand on Sat Nov 22, 2003 7:51 pm

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Brian:

I believe that's an adult female he's feeding. A juvie would not have a red bill. This is a fairly common bit of Cardinal courting behavior.

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by Jim Zipp on Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:15 pm

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Brian, aj's right. This is typical courtship behavior. Good timing to catch it.

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by BrianS on Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:21 pm

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ajhand wrote:Brian:

I believe that's an adult female he's feeding. A juvie would not have a red bill. This is a fairly common bit of Cardinal courting behavior.

aj

Thanx for the correction, I didn't know how to tell a juvenile from a female. That was one long courtship since this activity went on for quite some time.

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:12 pm

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Great actoin Brian. Love the colors

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by Bill Whala on Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:33 pm

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I love the intimate interaction between these two. Nice vibrant colors.

Very nice shot!!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:10 am

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Brian,

Nice work capturing the interaction. The colors look great.

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by MoCa on Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:43 am

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Ha ! this is Love with a big L !

Just beautiful ...

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by Alan Melle on Sun Nov 23, 2003 11:00 am