Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Cardinal kiss

Spring Feeding

A sure sign that spring has arrived is seeing Cardinals "mate feed." We did, yesterday.

"During mate feeding the male cardinal picks up a seed, hops over to the female bird, briefly touches beaks with her before the female takes the food."

For several years I've meant to get a picture of it, but the camera is never within reach. Since I can't find a picture of it on the web, posting one may be my life's legacy. Yay. I have a reason to wake up tomorrow. Dammit. I had to go look one last time and found this picture approximating the ritual. Now, unless a meteor slams into Chuck Schumer's head tonight, I have nothing to look forward to.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting that. My wife is a nut about cardinals and she'll really like that picture.

Anonymous said...

Hang in there Rodger- the hummingbirds will soon be back!

TFV

Rodger the Real King of France said...

We've had our feeders out for a week. Any sightings in your yard?

Anonymous said...

The Cardinal is a favorite of mine and of many states.He is the State bird of:Ill.-Ind.-Ky.-N.C.-Ohio-Va.-and W.Va....No other bird represents more states.

Anonymous said...

I saw a couple of hummers here in Northern AZ last week; then it turned cold again, so no more hummers.
I think I'm not gonna feed them this year; that syrup attracts too many bees. Also, I achieved my personal goal last year; over 50 lbs. of sugar through 4 feeders.
Rob

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Of course MoSup hates you guts Rob.

Anonymous said...

Geez Rodger,
MoSup is cold!
Next time I'm buying drinks, there'll be an extra for her.
In the meantime, my hands are full up with titmice
http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=titmouse14xi.jpg
and keeping the chickadees from perching on my rifles.
http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chixad18vr.jpg
Last time I bought peanuts for the scrub jays, the clerk at Safeway asked me if I was feeding an elephant; I only bought six 3# bags.
Rob

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