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We got some more snow yesterday, not much, but enough to make the Cardinals stand out from the mostly white scenery.

Female Cardinal in snow.

Female Cardinal in snow. She’s a beauty.

Female Cardinal.

Female Cardinal. Same beauty, different angle.

Meanwhile a male Cardinal was dining at the bird feeder, unaware of what was going to happen to him.

Dark-eyed Junco and male Cardinal at bird feeder.

Dark-eyed Junco and male Cardinal at bird feeder.

As I pressed the shutter a few seconds later, another male Cardinal streaked in, forcefully chasing him away.

Second male Cardinal chasing first one at the feeder.

Second male Cardinal chasing first one at the feeder.

First Cardinal reduced to picking crumbs from the snow.

First Cardinal was reduced to picking crumbs from the snow.