Since I am not posting frantically anymore:
I can see why you were so taken. We live next to a man-made river and we love wildlife -- we have some beautiful cranes that stop by from time to time, as well as some colorful robins.
That red guy, he patrolled all around that nest, I even had to keep out an eagle eye when working the garden.
A Blue Jay comes by, decides he’s gonna do some nest robbing...no more than three feet in front of my face as I stood on the porch in shocked surprised, that red guy flew down like a ruby rocket and attacked that blue jay, chasing him all around the bright blue sky.
I did the only thing I could do, I stood up and screamed the cardinal on.
Wasn’t nobody gonna mess with his family and his mate was right with him. Blue jay screaming and hoping he lives to see his own children.
Still smile every time I think of that Indigo bunting....what a joy.
Cardinals...my favorite birds....little Catholic birds I call them, have a lot of children.
I agree...I sit in wonder, and I smile...each spring when the bluebirds return...The cardinals stay all witer, as do the nuthatches and chickadees and the MANY Mourning doves.....hell, I even applaude the red tailed hawk that comes to the deck now and then to “smell” potential prey...
Lately, they just fly to the tree on the other side of the deck when I fill the feeders...and I may be wrong, but I like to think their singing to me as I fill them, is their way of waying thanks, as opposed to “What the hell took you so long!” ;-) LOL
Since I am not posting frantically anymore:
I can see why you were so taken. We live next to a man-made river and we love wildlife -- we have some beautiful cranes that stop by from time to time, as well as some colorful robins.