On a breezy day

Female cardinal a little ruffled

[sarah]

I love it - cardinals are so fun to take pics

[Rick]

Great shot.

[tony gig]

A fantastic capture, beautiful bird...Fav

[Milanie]

Terrific close-up - fabulous details. Fav

[*lynn]

love those feathers! fav

[Stephomy]

Great portrait. She reminds me a bit of the house finch only her beak is way more stubby and cute.

[haskar]

Fabulous shot.

[Diana]

A fabulous capture with wonderful detail on the plumage, fav!

[Julienne Jones]

Ha! Needs some hair gel...or should that be feather gel

[Lee]

Brilliant. fav

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovel it fav!

[Pigeons Farm]

Looks like she has some attitude!

[Lynn]

Wonderful shot

[Larry L]

wow! great detail!

[Peter Day]

Very clear with no blur, well done

[Anja]

Beautiful and fun capture

[Margaret]

Wonderful close up with really good detail.

[amyK]

@samae @rickster549 @tonygig @milaniet @lynnz @stephomy @haskar @ludwigsdiana @julienne1 @gamelee @ziggy77 @kgolab @rumpelstiltskin @lsquared @peterday @stiggle @keenamateur thank you all for the kind comments and favs...excited to be a finalist in the weekly theme.

[Lynn]

Congratulations on winning the challenge- awesome shot Amy!

[Adi]

gorgeous and congrats on winning the Theme challenge.