Christmas Red Cardinal
by Nava Thompson
Title
Christmas Red Cardinal
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A red Cardinal is perched on a limb in the winter snow. This makes a pretty Christmas Card. The Northern Cardinal is a territorial song bird. The male sings in a loud, clear whistle from the top of a tree or another high location to defend his territory. He will chase off other males entering his territory. He may mistake his image on various reflective surfaces as an invading male, and will fight his reflection relentlessly. The Northern Cardinal learns its songs, and as a result the songs vary regionally. It is able to easily distinguish the sex of another singing Northern Cardinal by its song alone. Mated pairs often travel together. Male often feeds the female as part of their courtship behaviorBoth sexes sing clear, whistled song patterns, which are repeated several times, then varied. Some common phrases are described as "cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote-dote," "purdy, purdy, purdy...whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit," "what-cheer, what-cheer... wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet" and cheer, cheer, cheer, what, what, what, what. The Northern Cardinal has a distinctive alarm call, a short metallic 'chip' sound. This call often is given when predators approach the nest, in order to give warning to the female and nestlings. In some cases it will also utter a series of chipping notes. The frequency and volume of these notes increases as the threat becomes greater. This chipping noise is also used by a Cardinal pair to locate each other, especially during dusk hours when visibility wane.
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September 6th, 2012
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Comments (21)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest THE BEST CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON GREETING CAR...
Anita Faye
Nava, cute Christmas greeting! Featured on Poetic Poultry Group! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Doug Kreuger
Nava, Congratulations on your WFS Homepage Feature for this delightful winter cardinal scene! —Love the look of the frozen forest in the background. —I imagine this little guy's feet are frozen to this branch… And that's why he stuck around for this shot?? ((-: Merry Christmas!
Nava Thompson replied:
Doug----thank you! A little Elmer's glue on the limbs never hurts anything. (I hope all know that I am kidding---do 'not' try this ) :) Merry Christmas!
Nava Jo Thompson
Carol--thank you for the feature of 'Christmas Cheer' in 'Cards For All Occasions'!
Marilyn Smith
I just saw this wonderful guy in the Christmas Card contest and voted for him! He is just so cheery on that cold, snowy branch. I think cardinals are my favorite bird---right after the hummingbirds, that is!
Nava Thompson replied:
Marilyn--your thoughts are so uplifting--thank you! Also--appreciate your vote in the contest!!!
Nava Jo Thompson
Nadine and Bob--thank you for the feature of 'Christmas Cheer' in 'USA Artist New--Limit 2 Daily'!
Nava Jo Thompson
Karol--thank you for featuring this little snow fluffed Cardinal. Thanks for our group 'Action Photography'.