He's Back!

Female Wifey of Big Red

Male Cardinal Visitor This Afternoon below!







































































What a gift from God to see this afternoon! I had went to Walmart's after a meeting this morning and picked up some goodies for my precious favorite feathered friend the Male Red Cardinal. I was sitting reading over my emails and WALA! In the corner of my eye he appears. Sometimes I have a hard time getting a picture of him, Because he is so keen and quick to fly off fearing this woman behind the zoom lens! But Thank you God for letting me enjoy his beautiful creation this afternoon!!!

Also after pruning back some rose bushes and lantana dead bushes, My birds are back in full swing letting me know Get ready Ms. Lucy for the Spring is upon you! I am so excited about spring, I can't wait to put out more roses this year and I eagerly wait for my azalea's to bloom. I already have one bush blooming early in the front yard a gorgeous red flower. I am going to check into anew breed of azalea called the echo azalea, it is suppose to flower spring, summer and fall. So that's just about year round!!! Wouldn't that be just fabulous!!!Hope you enjoyed my beautiful Macho Redman that cometh quite often with his wifey to visit me. Did you know
cardinals only mate with the same bird for life. They are and awesome breed!

MATING AND BREEDING

Cardinals mate for life. If you've spotted one cardinal, it's most certain that its partner is close by. The female cardinal lays 3-5 eggs at one time and incubates them herself while the father brings food to her. Baby cardinals hatch in just under 14 days, at which time, both parents share in the responsibility of feeding and watching over them. Up to four separate broods of birds may be raised by one couple during a single breeding season. Very often, the male will tend to the young while the female starts the next brood. Juvenile birds look much like their mother, except that their bills are black at birth. The beak of the young bird will change from black to cream to bright red during the process of maturity.