I participate in Project FeederWatch. It’s a citizen science project which involves counting the birds at my bird feeders. During our recent extreme cold weather visitation dramatically increased. I photographed this Northern Cardinal through the living room window and screen so it’s a little fuzzy.
A Northern Cardinal and female House Finch share space at the dinner table.
I drive past this hedgerow nearly every day. It has always intrigued me because of its uniformity of height and size. More because of its scale, stretching all the way across the concession from one road to the next for a mile. A mile. At some time a farmer made the time and expense and sweat equity to plant this living fence, this living wall. I honour that fellow for taking on and completing such a huge task. This wall breaks the wind, settles blowing snow and soil, adds beauty and colour, provides habitat, made for a good subject.
At the time I did not realize that a cardinal was in the frame. Look just above and to the left of my copyright.
This cardinal perched on a TV antenna a few houses away and sang, and sang, and sang, what a lovely sound welcoming spring. It’s not far away, we have a little more winter to go, are getting closer and closer.
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