Lately some of my frequent visitors have been Northern Cardinals and they are a pleasure to watch. The male Cardinal with his bright plumage is a beauty to behold. 
Daily these birds visit my feeder and frequently there is a fight to see who gets to eat. The plumage coloring is outstanding and watching them feed while they are fluttering their wings is a sight to behold.
The female cardinal is just as pretty. Her coloring is muted but no less a beauty to behold.
The food I use to attract these wild birds is black oil sunflower seeds. In the winter I prepare a suet made from chunky peanut butter that they also enjoy. They will eat a variety of offerings including:
- Corn
- Bread products
- Suet
- Safflower seed
- Fruit
- White millet
You can’t go wrong when attracting this breed to your backyard. Have your binoculars and camera ready!
Tags: backyard birding, cardinals
May 13th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I love the cardinals, too! I love how they flick their tail around while they make their little cheeping sounds.
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May 18th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
These are such good photos!!
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I so wish we had cardinals around here, these are gorgeous photos.
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March 18th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Those pictures are fantastic!!! What did you use to take them with? You should submit them to places like shutterstock or iphotos and get paid when people download them – I’m sure there would be lots of downloads!!!
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I just saw a youngish female cardinal with a black (or greyish) beat – is that an anomaly or is that a sign of youth? I’ve never seen a female with anything but a lipstick red beak.
thanks!
GORGEOUS photos btw. Thanks for posting them!
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
sorry – that was meant to read ‘beak’, not ‘beat’
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