Image by Grandma Pearl
This beautiful male Northern Cardinal is still decked out in his winter plumage. Even though it's the first of March, here in the Northeast winter seems to be hanging on tight! He'll soon be displaying mate feeding behavior, and searching for a suitable place in which to nest. Cardinals prefer thorny thickets, rose bushes, vine-covered trellises or dense shrubs to nest and keep their youngsters safe from would-be predators.
Cardinals are my favorite birds, next to blue jays. Grandma Pearl
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