I was out with Button in the backyard yesterday. Two male cardinals were doing territorial behaviors. I have never really seen before and yet I have heard them do dueling territorial calls. I zoomed in to catch the two male cardinals on this branch. You can see I didn't catch that scene but I was surprised to see the buds coming out on the silver maple tree. I had not noticed before this shot but will see all the mess that will fall and land on the patio and this development continues.
In a blurry shot you can see the one doing his territorial call. It is a neat sound that they make. I do remember one of them was doing the call back when we had a mild warm up, right before our last snow storm.
As you can see in this zoomed in shot that the other was hanging out on the forsythia bush. I never accomplished the shot of them together. Afterward, I mentioned to my wife that I should have put the camera on the sports setting so I could get continuous photos without any gap between photos.
4 comments:
Great to see the buds on the trees. I haven't seen any cardinals at this house. Only bluebirds, woodpeckers and chickadees.
And the songs of their territorial disputes remind us that spring can't be far behind...:)
It's lovely to see buds and birds, Larry. I have yet to photograph a cardinal here in Montreal. I saw one once in a tree in a park, but as soon as I went to get my camera he flew away!
Great pictures...love seeing the cardinal's red against the grasses, etc.
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