“Nothing To See Here .. “

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I captured this photo of this cardinal last week. Sometime you will find then on the ground .. but they are in trees most often. This one was casually strolling around at the base of this tree .. I could almost hear him saying, “Nothing to see here. Move along”.

This was not an easy photo. Too much extra stuff for the camera to get a good focus. I still love a cardinal photo.

~ Rick

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A Deck of Cardinals

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The cardinals are still displaying their beauty. We continue to run across them in numbers. There was three males in this little patch of shrubs (see the last photo). Just gorgeous.

What is the noun used for a group of cardinals? According to iBirds,) , an app I use to identify and learn more about birds (that is an App Store link), its one of many nouns: a “college”, “conclave”, “deck”, “radiance”, or a “vatican” of cardinals. Interesting.

~ Rick

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Air Out

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It was early in the morning and it appears this Northern Flicker was drying out. I love photographing this species. They are really cool.

~ Rick

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I Can’t Leave You Alone

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Yes, its a cardinal .. I never get tried of photographing cardinals. They are such a beautiful bird. We saw him first under this tree, then we saw him on a picnic table. I guess he didn’t want to leave us alone.

~ Rick

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Eastern Bluebird

I spotted these lovebirds while hiking around on a brisk spring morning. They are not actually ‘lovebirds’. They are just a couple of Eastern Bluebirds that happen to a ‘happy couple’. The male is very colorful, and they are both beautiful. 

Teresa and I were actually setting in her SUV, when I spotted him. At fist, I thought it was a sparrow, until I focused my camera on him. The photo is slightly out of focus. In fact, every shot I took of him was slightly out of focus. Not far from that spot, I took the photo of his mate (my assumption since the are monogamous). 

I read that the Eastern Birdbird Numbers are declining due to competition for nesting sites from field sparrows and starlings (iBird Pro). I love it. 

 ~ Rick

A Female Eastern Bluebird

A Female Eastern Bluebird

The other half .. mail Eastern Bludbird 

The other half .. mail Eastern Bludbird 

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