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Photo by apinstein
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Field Notes

Notes:

Caught this neat pic of what I think is a species of cardinal in the midst of a mating dance. The bird on the left was dancing around flitting its wings for about 30 seconds and then flew off.

Species ID Suggestions

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis
Anna Wilson
3

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis
dg230387
1

Comments (7)
HeatherMiller
Welcome to Project Noah! Nice pair of photos to start off your time here.
HeatherMiller
I think it might be a juvenile male and its mom. The dance was probably "Feed me, I see you found food, feed it to me, puuuh-puuuh-please." And then it was, oh good, I got food, I eat food at the nest, I'm going to fly back to the nest with my food now.
apinstein
Thanks for all the great comments! I really wish the photo was a bit more in-focus. I shot this through a long lens through some nearby bushes and you can see the birds are about about 5-6 inches outside of the depth-of-field. Otherwise it's like they were posing for me!
NicoleB
I agree with Ana. Juveniles maybe? Lovely catch!

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PublishedJuly 28, 2011

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