Photo Capture # 14 – Canada Geese and Domestic
Canada Geese and Domestic
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What’s Up? – Feeding in the Rain…
Feeding in the Rain… Tra-la-la
The past week has been a wet one! It has rained copiously for long periods of time, with few breaks in between only to get a drop in temperature until the next one.
I felt sorry for the poor birds that were most likely hungry and had little chance to eat any seeds… the heavy rain washed the seeds away from the feeders. I went looking for a better way to feed them and found a circular shaped suet, mixed with a variety of seeds. The rain can’t dissolve the suet since is based in animal fat. I tried It and gave good results! The suet mix is more expensive than buying seeds that I currently use for my birds, but I’ll use it only for heavy rain days.
I was happy to see many N. Cardinals and a group of A. Goldfinches and other avian friends very excited for their meals.
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Photo Capture # 13 – Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret – “Looking Good!”
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Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal
You are welcome to the Northern Cardinal Photo Gallery, every Saturday!
It’s suggested to relax and enjoy!
The northern cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in). It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull reddish olive. The northern cardinal is mainly granivorous, but also feeds on insects and fruit. The male behaves territorially, marking out his territory with song. During courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak. A clutch of three to four eggs is laid, and two to four clutches are produced each year. It was once prized as a pet, but its sale as a cage bird was banned in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
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