Cardinal

He was sitting in my tree in the back yard. I ran and changed lenses on my camera and he was still there when I got back to the window. So I started to snap, snap, snap. :)

[Michelle]

wow.fav for me.awesome photo.and that bokeh is great!:)

[gillian simpson]

a handsome fella, I love the females too, nice shot

[Julia]

So so pretty!

[Jann]

On my bucket list of birds to see- Great one!

[Laynalynn]

Nice shot. I love the sunlight on tuft of feathers on his head.

[Julie Purnell]

Turned out great! Their song is so beautiful. I have one that sits at the very top of the oak tree in my backyard & sings to another cardinal. Awesome capture & bokeh on this!!!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Myrna O'Hara]

Love how the light plays on the tuft on his head. Great catch.

[scooter]

Excellent capture!!!

[Pyrrhula]

Stunting light in this pic. Great capture

[Cally]

What a gorgeous bird!

[hiquerr]

You did such a great job with this shot! I like the light at the top of his crown. Cardinals are my favorite!

[Wendy Bowden]

Lovely capture, love his red

[Glenda B]

Wow!! great capture--the cardinal is such a beautiful bird! Nice lighting too:)

[stephanie dp]

fantastic capture! I love these birds and only recently saw my first one!

[Margaret Tryon]

I'm so thrilled he waited for you. Wonderful shot. I love the background also.

[Kimmi]

Great capture

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Kathy Burzynski]

Wow look at how that color just pop's - beautiful shot

[Darlene]

Beautiful photo, Marilyn. Glad he was still there for you to take a photo with your correct lens. You did great with the detail of the tree and this beautiful bird. Fav

[alia_801]

Lovely capture! Looks like he was having a bit of a ponder there :)

[adobe waters]

ok it is so hard capturing birds - this is fabulous marilyn!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

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Thank you so much for commenting. I loved reading them. Also thank you very much for the favs. I was so excited I got a picture of a bird. I don't usually have luck with that.

[Magdalena Bas]

Wow! Great capture, lovely bird

[santina]

nice shot, i like a lot, sometimes when you least expect good things come!!!

[Diana]

Awesome shot! Such a beautifully colourful bird! How is their song?

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@ladydi53 Thank you Diana. To be honest, I'm not sure what there song is like. Isn't that awful. Now I'll have to pay more attention to their singing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

@magdalenabas @tobi Thank you for the kind comments.

[Claire]

Beautiful, can not believe you get these in your garden:0)

[Mimi Ditchie]

Great shot, what a beauty, that color is striking.

[Danny Davies]

Excellent shot Marilyn. lovely colour on the bird.

[Anne ❀]

super capture! nice that he stuck around for you to get some pics

[Peter de Graaff]

Lovely bokeh and capture

[Mary Lou]

beautiful shot, I really wish we had cardinals around here, they are so striking!

[Sharon Lee]

Gorgeous shot

[Zoe Ferrie]

Gorgeous bird, love the colour!

[cglist]

Handsome boy!

[Cindy Muir]

I love it when they pose for us! Nice shot.

[Carole Imes]

LOL! The same thing happened to me the other day. Ran to get the camera and he was still there & I went crazy. Will post mine when I return ;-) GREAT shot of Mr. Cardinal!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Nice of him to stay put until you got ready! Turned out great!

[Juliette Packham]

this is a wonderful shot - really well captured