I saw a male Cardinal in one of my butterfly bushes yesterday. I looked closer and saw a nest with 4 baby birds inside. It will be fun watching them grow and finally leave the nest. I put some sunflower seeds in a feeder close by.
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ReggieDeere
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That's great, I just hope squirrels don't steal the food out of the feeder. Unfortunately they're notorious for doing that. A male cardinal?? Why was a male cardinal in a nest with baby birds?
The male and female birds were both in and out of the bush the last few days. Male Cardinals help tend to the babies. We've had them at our feeders with mama and daddy and babies in the past.
Sadly, the babies have flown the coop... :frown:
Sadly, the babies have flown the coop... :frown:
They do tend to do that... It is a big exciting world out there ...:smile:
The only "wildlife" we had was a nest of robins and some toad tadpoles in our pond. The birds were in our birch tree and I didn't know they were there until momma flew down at me. They are gone now but I love seeing the babies grow.
That's very interesting to know, as most males in nature usually don't hang around to meet the kids. Penguins were the only ones that I knew about. I guess it's a bird thing!:wink:
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Cardinals are actually quite fascinating - the male will feed the female. These male birds land on my feeder, pick up a sunflower chip and take it to the female. Also, the females will bang themselves against my window - not hard, just kind of flitting at it and pecking it. What's fascinating is that the male will perch and watch the females do this.