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The Cardinal Saga

I'm obviously enamored with cardinals and have photographed them often, so decided to make a gallery dedicated just to them. Growing up in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, I never saw colorful birds (or even fall color, for that matter) so was amazed when I first saw these brilliant red cardinals in our new home of Washington, DC (along with cockroaches, humidity and 17-year cicadas, none of which had I experienced before). Lately a male cardinal has been frequenting our alley, and I run to get my camera every time I hear him singing, which is what prompted me to give him his own stage on Pbase.
The return of Mrs. Cardinal
The return of Mrs. Cardinal		 The showy Mr. Cardinal and his demure partner
The showy Mr. Cardinal and his demure partner		 The more cooperative side of the cardinal
The more cooperative side of the cardinal		 ‘You looking at me?’
‘You looking at me?’
Return of the cardinal
Return of the cardinal		 A glimpse of Mr. Cardinal
A glimpse of Mr. Cardinal		 Fleeting visit
Fleeting visit		 The accommodating Mrs. Cardinal
The accommodating Mrs. Cardinal
The return of Mrs. Cardinal
The return of Mrs. Cardinal		 Mr. Cardinal in the bath
Mr. Cardinal in the bath		 ‘Another picture?!?’
‘Another picture?!?’		 The puzzled cardinal
The puzzled cardinal
My favorite cardinal, again
My favorite cardinal, again		 Mr. Cardinal and the iPhone
Mr. Cardinal and the iPhone		 Looking pretty pleased with himself
Looking pretty pleased with himself		 Success
Success
Fruitless search?
Fruitless search?		 ‘Have we met?’
‘Have we met?’		 Singing his heart out
Singing his heart out		 The cardinals must have finally found each other
The cardinals must have finally found each other
The white of his eye
The white of his eye		 Cardinal at nightfall
Cardinal at nightfall		 Singing to the moon
Singing to the moon		 The talkative Mr. Cardinal
The talkative Mr. Cardinal
The subtle beauty of Mrs. Cardinal
The subtle beauty of Mrs. Cardinal		 The inquisitive cardinal
The inquisitive cardinal		 A gotcha moment
A gotcha moment		 Intricacies of a cardinal's head
Intricacies of a cardinal's head
Gotcha
Gotcha		 Looking out
Looking out		 Back to Mr. Cardinal
Back to Mr. Cardinal		 The pensive Mr. Cardinal
The pensive Mr. Cardinal
The handsome Mr. Cardinal
The handsome Mr. Cardinal		 Here's lookin' at you
Here's lookin' at you		 Impromptu
Impromptu		 Return of the cardinal
Return of the cardinal
Contemplating the next move
Contemplating the next move		 Bird on a wire
Bird on a wire 		Mr. Cardinal poses for a portrait
Mr. Cardinal poses for a portrait		 The elusive cardinal
The elusive cardinal
Red head
Red head		 Mrs. Cardinal poses for another portrait
Mrs. Cardinal poses for another portrait		 Mrs. Cardinal stops by for a bite
Mrs. Cardinal stops by for a bite		 Eating and watching
Eating and watching
Denise J T Lee01-Feb-2025 03:55
So many lovely captures of Mr. Cardinal. This stage is a spot for him to show off. This gallery is also a place for your viewers to hang out too. ~V~
laine07-Oct-2024 22:38
Such a beautiful bird...a superb gallery, Helen. V
Dan Opdal22-Jun-2024 19:27
Wonderful Collection! V
Ron LaCroix18-Jun-2024 07:15
These are very handsome birds (and so much better than cockroaches!). There are lots of nice poses here as they go about normal life. V
Alain Boussac06-Apr-2024 20:07
A delightful gallery. Mr. Cardinal is very endearing, sometimes almost complicit, and always superbly photographed in his activities. V.
Bill Klein03-Apr-2024 19:13
Beautiful gallery, Helen! V!
victorswan01-Jul-2023 20:02
this id a great series of this beautiful bird great work BV
carabias10-May-2023 13:16
An absolutely beautiful Cardinal bird gallery. VVV
Jean D28-Aug-2022 19:07
Beautiful collection of one of my favourite birds, as well and all superbly captured Helen. ~V
Jeff Real20-Aug-2022 14:21
I love all of these images!
My favorite bird and it is a pleasure to see your work!
V
Dan Greenberg12-Jun-2022 16:36
A great collection of a lot of engaging photos of your cardinals. I finally just got a single picture of one in another state. We don't have them here. ~BV~
Nestor Derkach03-Mar-2022 19:50
Nice collection of Cardinals captured nicely in different settings.
Nice placement into the frame and very nice resolution.
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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)14-Oct-2021 12:32
Cool work, Helen! BV
Paolo
Frank Gines15-Sep-2021 20:23
A beautiful gallery of these Cardinal birds very cute .V
barbarajoy28-Jun-2021 07:32
A lovely story in pictures and very cute captions! V
Dave Petersen Photography13-Jun-2021 11:45
A wonderful series of images in this excellent and in-depth study of cardinals. Very nicely captured and compiled Helen. V+
danad10-Jun-2021 14:25
Excellent portraits of this bird impossible to watch here ! V.
carol j. phipps21-May-2021 03:40
Beautiful! V
Zoltán Balogh07-Apr-2021 15:36
Lovely gallery dedicated to this really lovely bird - great job, Helen! V
Don04-Apr-2021 06:35
'Tis not hard to see why you're enamoured, what with colour and behaviour.
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