[chimera]

Beautiful pic. I love those little guys. Lots of cardinals around here. I hear the males start chirping in late January, calling to their mates, announcing to the world that Spring is on the way once again, that he will mate and build a nest and raise a brood. The endless chain of life.

All creatures great and small,
The Lord God made them all...

[brytlea]

I think cardinals are much more beautiful than the redwings, but we don’t have as many here. In the spring, the redwings sing that little trilly song and it is SOOOO beautiful! I love the cardinals dripping water song, but we just don’t see more than a few a year (altho I hear more are starting to nest down here rather than go north—just like New Yorkers!)