Thursday, August 13, 2020

Pretty Bird

 Makes me wonder in a landscape of green, and brown, why is the cardinal red? Cardinals have a feisty reputation, they are said to be very protective of their nests.  They are so visible they would have to be.  There are a lot of cardinal in the Marsh, my morning meanderings.  There are a few near the entrance, another grouping just past the big bend.  I wonder if they know one another.  I have heard that birds maintain their balance while they sleep, amazing.  


If you could ask the cardinal one questions, what would it be? 

19 comments:

  1. why do you peep and not sing, like the other birdies? your peep IS distinctive, as is your coloring.

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  2. They do have quite loud chirps and raising whistles. And with cardinals both parents raise, feed and protect the young unlike a lot of other birds. The male is even known to even feed the female. I have several pairs.

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  3. Anonymous8/13/2020

    No question. They are an attractive bird and we don't have them here.

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  4. We used to love to see the cardinals in our gardens in Connecticut, especially I early spring against the gray and height backdrop. I have no questions.

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  5. I'd ask them where they are hiding. We have cardinals here but I see them rarely.

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    1. I am surprised at how much I see of them

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  6. I'm wondering why you humans think cardinals can talk! LOL

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    1. I wonder what they think of the noise we make

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    1. I think that the color is the same

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    2. The birds were, in fact, named after the ecclesiastics because of their color.

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  8. what is the meaning of life is always a good question to ask.

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    1. I suspect they more more than we do about that.

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  9. I would ask the bird to teach me that balancing while sleeping trick.

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    1. You never fall over while sleeping

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