Let It Snow
by Nava Thompson
Title
Let It Snow
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is a photo taken by Nava Thompson of two Cardinals during a heavy snow storm in December of 2011 in N W Arkansas. This makes a pretty, cheerful Christmas card. Cardinals, which make up the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America. They are also known as cardinal-grosbeaks and cardinal-buntings. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae). These are robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm (4.7 inches), 11.5-gram (.40 oz) Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm (9.8 inches), 85-gram (2.99 oz) Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances. The Northern Cardinal type species was named by colonists for the male's red crest, reminiscent of a Catholic cardinal's mitre. The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings, whose family does contain North American birds, but they are referred to as American sparrows (unrelated to Old World sparrows), juncos, and towhees rather than buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.
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December 6th, 2012
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Hanne Lore Koehler
Beautiful wreath and cardinals capture, Nava! Merry Christmas to you and yours! L/F/Vote
Carolyn Rosenberger
Congratulations on your Best of the Best eature in WF&S group! Beautiful capture, with great colors and composition L&F
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic cardinal capture and Christmas card Nava! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery BEST OF THE BEST Special Feature! Wish you and yours all the best of the season! L/F
Nava Thompson replied:
Hanne, same to you and thank you always for generous support. This is how it has looked for many of us and can be tough for the songbirds.
M Spadecaller
Congratulations Nava on your feature in the Best of the Best section of the WFS group.
Tina LeCour
Congratulations Nava on your Best of the Best feature, such a pretty capture and perfect for Christmas!!
Donna Kennedy
Beautiful winter capture Nava! Congratulations on your Best of the Best Special Feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery!!...L/F
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Nava Thompson replied:
Randy, this was a Christmas gift! Thank you! An honor to be featured in WFS - BEST OF BEST!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Cardinals - Let It Snow composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted