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Northern cardinal checking in to the feeder for new seed

A northern cardinal visited the bird feeder, but it was empty this morning.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/959

Northern cardinal checking in to the feeder for new seed

A northern cardinal visited the bird feeder, but it was empty this morning.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/959

Northern cardinal checking in to the feeder for new seed

A northern cardinal visited the bird feeder, but it was empty this morning.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/959

Northern cardinal checking in to the feeder for new seed

A northern cardinal visited the bird feeder, but it was empty this morning.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/959

2026-05-04 Male northern cardinal with raised crest

This northern cardinal is aware of its surroundings as it spins around with a seed in its beak.

I am trying to get the hang of encoding with svtav1 library. Unfortunately I can’t use ffmpeg 4 on my desktop so I transfer the files to my laptop, with ffmpeg 6, and then can use a command like this:

ffmpeg -i [input] -c:v libsvtav1 -c:a copy -preset 6 -svtav1-params "keyint=10s:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:scd=1:scm=0" [output]

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/952

2026-05-04 Male northern cardinal with raised crest

This northern cardinal is aware of its surroundings as it spins around with a seed in its beak.

I am trying to get the hang of encoding with svtav1 library. Unfortunately I can’t use ffmpeg 4 on my desktop so I transfer the files to my laptop, with ffmpeg 6, and then can use a command like this:

ffmpeg -i [input] -c:v libsvtav1 -c:a copy -preset 6 -svtav1-params "keyint=10s:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:scd=1:scm=0" [output]

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/952

2026-05-04 Male northern cardinal with raised crest

This northern cardinal is aware of its surroundings as it spins around with a seed in its beak.

I am trying to get the hang of encoding with svtav1 library. Unfortunately I can’t use ffmpeg 4 on my desktop so I transfer the files to my laptop, with ffmpeg 6, and then can use a command like this:

ffmpeg -i [input] -c:v libsvtav1 -c:a copy -preset 6 -svtav1-params "keyint=10s:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:scd=1:scm=0" [output]

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/952

2026-05-04 Male northern cardinal with raised crest

This northern cardinal is aware of its surroundings as it spins around with a seed in its beak.

I am trying to get the hang of encoding with svtav1 library. Unfortunately I can’t use ffmpeg 4 on my desktop so I transfer the files to my laptop, with ffmpeg 6, and then can use a command like this:

ffmpeg -i [input] -c:v libsvtav1 -c:a copy -preset 6 -svtav1-params "keyint=10s:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:scd=1:scm=0" [output]

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/952

2026-05-04 Northern cardinal male chows down

A good example of a northern cardinal eating a seed.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/951

2026-05-04 Northern cardinal male chows down

A good example of a northern cardinal eating a seed.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/951

2026-05-04 Northern cardinal male chows down

A good example of a northern cardinal eating a seed.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/951

2026-05-04 Northern cardinal with seed on her face

I have not had a chance to go through and edit videos from the bird feeder recently. I have a whole bunch from April.

This one was fairly amusing.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/950

Northern Cardinal Pair

This captivating photo features a pair of northern cardinals perched on a bare tree branch. The male cardinal stands out with its vibrant red plumage, complete with a black mask around its eyes and beak. In contrast, the female cardinal exhibits a more subdued appearance, primarily in shades of brown with hints of reddish hues on her wings and tail. Both birds face the same direction against a backdrop of green foliage, illuminated by soft natural light.

If you’re captivated by northern cardinals and other members of the Cardinalidae family—better known as the cardinal family—step into my photo gallery for a visual feast. Come take a look:

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The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is one of North America’s most popular, familiar, and beloved birds. Within its range, it is a common backyard feeder bird and every holiday season its visage is spread across a vast array of holiday décor. In fact, my Christmas tree topper is a northern cardinal! For some people, the bird has spiritual significance. It is said that visits from a […]

A northern cardinal tries to scare off a house finch

Only for two house finches to return a moment later.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/787

Through the Branches

I really like this image of a northern cardinal and a chipping sparrow. It’s a shame the sparrow decided to look away—probably tracking the cardinal’s arrival. If its head had been turned toward the camera, I might have added it to my gallery. But it is what it is. C’est la vie.

If you enjoy wildlife and nature photography, check out my photo gallery here:

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A junco flies in for a bite while a cardinal chirps?

I thought these were northern cardinal chirps when I watched and heard the video on my phone, but I think I am mistaken listening to it now.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/772

A couple of red birds at the feeder

I cleared out a path on the deck to refill the feeder last night. Of course the first visitor of the morning was a squirrel, but by mid-morning the birds had returned including this house finch before being displaced by a northern cardinal.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/771

SQUAAAAAAAWK—Someone doesn’t like sharing

I think this is the northern cardinal squawking, but I am not entirely sure.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/758

Birds in snow

A lot of activity at the bird feeder this morning.

There is not much seed remaining and its toward the back of the feeder below the snow that we got.

https://nokoto.org/user/3/posts/757

Gray January days are no match for the scarlet-plumed.

#birds #birding #NorthernCardinal #winter #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful

Grassland Encounter

Charlie and I spent a couple of hours outside yesterday, watching the birds and breathing in the cool air. I was hoping to spot something unusual—one of the odd species that sometimes pass through—but it was just the usual suspects for this time of year.

Still, there was a quiet moment worth noting: a sparrow and a cardinal sharing a patch of ground as they foraged. The cardinal found something—a grub or insect, maybe—and the sparrow turned to look, curious about the find. Not quite companions, but neighbors in the moment.

Discover nature's fleeting moments through my lens—visit my photo gallery to see more.

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Cardinal on a Railing — This vibrant Northern Cardinal adds a splash of color to a backyard scene. The male cardinal is known for its brilliant red plumage, while the female is a more subdued reddish-brown. This particular bird appears to be a female, perched comfortably on a metal railing.

#Perching #Railing #Metal #Vibrant #Bird #NorthernCardinal #Cardinal #Backyard

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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), 26th October 2023
es: Cardenal Norteño, fr: Cardinal Rouge
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/640s, ISO 800
#Birds #NorthernCardinal #NOCA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

Good morning. 🐦🐦🐦

20 November 2025

We’ll be heading east
to Georgia soon for our annual Thanksgiving gathering. I think I mentioned that a couple of days ago. We host it at a humble little house we have there, which so far has been used almost exclusively for that purpose. Family comes from near and far to feast—though mostly near.

Last night we received an unexpected and unwelcome surprise. Through my sister, who lives in the area, we hired an HVAC company to check and service the AC and heating before our arrival. During their inspection, they discovered that squirrels had gotten into the attic and chewed through the water lines. So now we need to replace them before Thanksgiving. That’s right—WOW!

Yesterday, before we learned about the damage, I was just lounging around … la, de, da, de, da … without a care in the world, when the bliss suddenly dissipated. 😂

C’est la vie.

Anyway, I think the repair work will get started on Monday.

It just occurred to me that we have insurance, and I should probably contact them. I don’t know why I never think of insurance right away when something damages the house.

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein

“If you are going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” — Albert Einstein

“We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.” — C.S. Lewis

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@geerlingguy found the Cardinals, they are so cute 🖖😭🥺😍 Also lots of chatty American Robins here, and fat squirrels 🖖😨
#birdwathing #NorthernCardinal #SC25

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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), 21st April 2024
es: Cardenal Norteño, fr: Cardinal Rouge
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/500s, f/13, ISO 4000
#Birds #NorthernCardinal #NOCA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

Good morning. 🐦🐦🐦

29 September 2025

Charlie and I just returned from our Monday Walk. Before we left, I wrote a paragraph about feeling conflicted about going—something about how I don’t have the discipline I used to when it comes to that sort of thing. But I hit the wrong key and lost it. It is Monday, after all.

We passed the annual parish fair on our walk. It’s just down the street, humming with its usual mix of funnel cakes and brass band bravado. If you didn’t know, Louisiana has parishes instead of counties—a linguistic relic from our French and Spanish colonial past, both deeply Catholic. Back then, parishes marked church jurisdictions. These days, they function just like counties do elsewhere, but the name still carries a bit of ecclesiastical echo.

I have the nagging sense I’m forgetting something today, though I couldn’t tell you what. 🤔 Then again, if I knew what it was, I wouldn’t be forgetting it, would I? Oh well. It’ll come to me—or it won’t. And if it doesn’t, maybe it wasn’t all that important to begin with.

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.” — Jules Renard

“Cultures grow on the vine of tradition.” — Jonah Goldberg

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A female and male northern cardinal enjoy a spot of tea.

#ChalkDrawing #ChalkArt #StreetArt #DrivewayArt #Birds #NorthernCardinal #PájaroCardenal

Good morning. 🐦🐦🐦

25 June 2025

For some reason, I woke up at five this morning. It’s quiet—so quiet that even my border collie, Charlie, went back to bed, I think. He’s not in here. Sunrise is still half an hour away. The days are growing shorter now; little by little, the sun lingers in sleep just a bit longer each morning. I usually wait for the ambient light to slip through the windows before I stir, but here I am, alone with my thoughts. Once again, I find myself wondering: Why am I up?

I think, my dog, Ben was in my dreams last night. You know he passed a few weeks ago. He used to wake me at these impossible hours, long before the birds thought to sing. I don’t believe in the supernatural, but if I did—maybe he came to say goodbye.

“The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness.” — William Shakespeare

“Sometimes, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” — A.A. Milne

#morning #waking #sunrise #dogs #NorthernCardinal #silhouette #blackandwhite #dream

Light as a Feather

For some reason, the song Tiptoe Through the Tulips, from the 1960s, popped into my head. I know—there are no tulips in the image. Maybe it’s because the cardinal appears to tiptoe up the slender branch. I couldn’t recall who sang the song, so I looked it up. Turns out, it was Herbert Khaury, better known as Tiny Tim. However, the song was actually written much earlier, in 1929, by Nick Lucas, with Tiny Tim later covering it. For those unfamiliar with Tiny Tim, he was known for his long, stringy hair and distinctive falsetto, often accompanying himself on the ukulele.

#NorthernCardinal #birds #tinytim

Went out #birding this morning hoping to see a Red Whiskered Bulbul but no luck. We did see #EgyptianGoose #WoodDuck #Anhinga #BrownPelican #MitredParakeet #NorthernCardinal #Grackle #EuropeanStarling #RedWhiskeredBulbul

Maybe next time! 🐦

Rub-a-dub-dub Three Birds in a Tub

When I first saw this image of birds at the bird feeder, an old nursery rhyme immediately came to mind.

"Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker, And all of them gone to sea." - James Hook,

"The nursery rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub was first published in 1798 in the second volume of Hook's Christmas Box, a collection by English composer James Hook. However, the rhyme's origins are believed to trace back to oral traditions, and its exact authorship remains unknown. Over time, the rhyme evolved into the version we know today." - Copilot

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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), 23rd December 2023
es: Cardenal Norteño, fr: Cardinal Rouge
Horn Pond Conservation Area, Woburn, Massachusetts
Agawam, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett) & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 55% crop, 1/640s, ISO 5000
#Birds #NorthernCardinal #NOCA #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

🌎 Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) #NorthAmericanBirds | #NorthernCardinal #CardinalisCardinalis | #Cardinals #CardinalFamily #Songbirds #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Frank_DiLorenzo🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

Season's Greetings from the Cardinal

If there is a bird that represents the Christmas season, it is the Northern Cardinal, don't you think?

I've had several inquiries about how to get a print of some my photographs. This is a hobby for me, so I haven't been equipped to handle those requests. But I enjoy what I'm doing and want to share my photographs.

So, I set up an account and website with pixels. My website is:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

If you want a print of one of my photographs, you can get it there, If I haven't loaded it, let me know which one it is, and I'll gladly load it there for you.

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#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 🤖
Northern Cardinal, 8th January 2022
Alewife Brook Reservation, Arlington, Massachusetts
Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm @ 600mm, 35% crop, 1/800s, f/7.1, ISO 160
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Sexydance, #NOCA style
https://spectra.video/w/am5GUXKsudeWBnfP36dRH8
#BIrds #NorthernCardinal #BirdBuddy #FeathersNotFascists

In other news, I've been using the REAL #BirdApp -- #Merlin from Cornell Labs. So far, I've identified #HouseWren, #AmericanRobins, #NorthernCardinal, #TuftedTitmouse, #PurpleFinch, #EasternTowhee and #RedEyedVireo -- just from my backyard! Some of them are migratory. Will post more about them soon. The #AmericanRobin is nesting next to the house, so that one comes up a lot.
#BirdWatching #BirdListening #MerlinApp

A crestfallen Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) was standing on an Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) branch in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on February 26, 2024

Some of the camera settings that I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Mar11_birds_and_cats/2024feb26_cardinal_IMG_9108c.html

Also at: https://1-john-moyer.pixels.com/featured/cardinal-9108-john-moyer.html

#crestfallen #bird #northernCardinal #cardinal #Cardinalis #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #nature #photography

Cardinal at Beech Forest, Provincetown MA 03/08/24 #northerncardinal #cardinal #bird #birds #birdsofmastodon #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #Nature #naturephotography #naturecommunity #wildlife #wildlifephotography #provincelands #provincetown #beechforest #massachusetts #newengland #capecod #capecodnationalseashore #capecodphotography #photography

Mini Garden Birds (Archie McPhee)

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Archie McPhee is a store based out of Seattle, Washington known for quirky and unusual novelty toys and kitsch gifts. They also have an online store. Among many of the products sold by Archie McPhee, which can include anything from rubber chickens to bacon-scented air freshener, to finger puppets, are a decent selection of toy […]

Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/mini-garden-birds-archie-mcphee/

#AmericanGoldfinch #AmericanRobin #BaltimoreOriole #BlueJay #Cardinalis #CardinalisCardinalis #Cyanistes #CyanistesCaeruleus #Cyanocitta #CyanocittaCristata #CyanocittaStelleri #EurasianBlueTit #Icterus #IcterusGalbula #NorthernCardinal #Piranga #PirangaOlivacea #ScarletTanager #Spinus #SpinusTristis #StellerSJay #Turdus #TurdusMigratorius #ArchieMcPhee

My wife bought a new ornament for our christmas tree. It’s a cardinal. She said that cardinals can represent people who have passed away trying to communicate with us. Having a cardinal on our christmas tree is a way to have my mother be with us this christmas. I nearly teared up when she gave it to me.

I love my wife so much. She is amazing. She is my rock. I wouldn’t have been able to make it through the past few years without her.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/12/07/cardinal-3/

#365 #365Challenge #cardinal #cardinals #christmasBirds #Family #grief #Jen #mom #Nikon #nikonZ5 #northernCardinal #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #spouse #wife #z5

#lazerBird audio only- view from the #backyardOasis #northerncardinal #notABirder #gratitude

Due to some maintenance work, the live cams will be off for a couple of days, and I won't be able to post. Things will be back to normal next week. To hold you over, here is the King. Enjoy the outdoors and listen to the #birds ❤️ #birdsofinstagram #NorthernCardinal #Cardinals #JoshuaHomme #KingoftheYard #birdsofmichigan #birdsofnorthamerica #birdwatching #birdlovers #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography

Red dude singing away and adding some color to a cloudy day. #northerncardinal #birdphotography #birds #redbird