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Curmudgeoness

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9. One thing about cardinals that I love

Reply to elleng (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 07:15 PM

Dec 2013

is that the pair stays together the whole year, not just at nesting time. You will rarely see one without the other, if you look around enough. And sometimes, the whole family hangs together for the winter.

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Any guesses? [View all] elleng Dec 2013 OP

That would be my guess. OnyxCollie Dec 2013 #1

OK. I only guessed that because I caught this a bit earlier: elleng Dec 2013 #3

Female Jay or Cardinal L0oniX Dec 2013 #2

the female cardinal is rather drab brown dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #4

And I can almost see the slight red undercoat, elleng Dec 2013 #6

It looks like a female cardinal to me cpwm17 Dec 2013 #5

Absolutely. That profile is distinct. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #7

Right, Curmudgeoness, elleng Dec 2013 #8

One thing about cardinals that I love Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #9

We saw that, at our house in DC, elleng Dec 2013 #10