Today, temperatures rose to 64oF (18oC) which made it feel like Spring. I went to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge opposite Philadelphia International Airport on the other side of I-95. Vegetation still looked drab and dull, but among the light brown reeds I saw a flash of brilliant red. It was a male Northern Cardinal. He kept foraging for food in the same area for several long minutes. I took a series of shots and the following turned out to be the better ones.
Male Northern Cardinal at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.
Northern Cardinal.
Northern Cardinal.
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He is very handsome 🙂
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Indeed he is! Thank you for commenting, Takami.
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Those Cardinals are just such an amazing colour! 🙂
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Their color makes them a favorite bird of many people!
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That’s a beautiful sight, Hien. A colorful presence in the still colorless landscape – like a spring flower 🙂
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Itis like a spring flower, one that jumps around! 🙂
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Beautiful captures of this Cardinal!
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Thank you Amy!
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Beautiful captures, Hien! One of my top favorite birds!!
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Thanks Donna!
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Beautiful images of one of my favorite species of birds!
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Thank you Jerry. This Cardinal had found a good source of food and stayed around long enough for photos.
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Beautiful colors.
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Thanks Tim!
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You’re welcome
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64 – wow, lucky you! Mr. Cardinal must have been giving his ‘spring call.’
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Eliza, I think everybody went out yesterday, humans, birds, animals. We all thought Spring had arrived.
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🙂 All hearts lifted!
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Hey Hien–did you get all my good sides? This is one handsome guy, captured perfectly by you.
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Lois, I did try to get all I could! Didn’t want to scare him away if I moved too much.
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It was a beautiful day in Virginia as well. A double peach tree in front of our house appears to be ready to bloom. Dung
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I had to look up Double Peach tree: it’s a gorgeous tree and should be quite a sight when it blooms in front of your house!
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Nice captures, love the bright red of the Cardinal!
“69” I think you may have had better weather than I did today 🙂 It got close to that here today but we have been having 85° days.
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Thanks John. I remember that you don’t have these red Cardinals in your area. On the other hand you do have many that we don’t see in the East.
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Excellent.
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Thank you! Glad you like them.
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