Opposites Attract by taffy

Opposites Attract

Walking home from the office as snow fell, several sparrows were pecking at some food when a cardinal landed among them. They all just looked at the cardinal who seemed to hold court. I was so excited to get a bird photo!
Taken with my 105mm macro (it was Macro Monday), but used as telephoto instead.
My shot for macro monday is in my extras album - http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-11-25
aren't they just gorgeous - I love sparrows - don't see as many around as I used to
November 26th, 2013  
He holds court in this shot..well captured!
November 26th, 2013  
I adore cardinals. Great shot of him. Love the description.
November 26th, 2013  
fab to see a cardinal next to a sparrow. never having seen one before, I thought cardinals were about the same size as parrots!! well caught.
November 26th, 2013  
The sparrow is bowing to the supremacy of a cardinal! And so it should!
November 26th, 2013  
Great capture. The cardinal is a spectacular looking bird
November 26th, 2013  
really nice! you get the red cardinal, we get the stellar jays...and we both get the sparrows
November 26th, 2013  
fantastic, I love that there is so much character in this shot
November 26th, 2013  
Cute capture. I've never seen a cardinal. What a handsome bird.
November 26th, 2013  
beautiful
November 26th, 2013  
Beautiful shot, and it is nice to have another bird in the shot for scale.
November 26th, 2013  
Go Cardinals! LOL! Nice shot.
November 26th, 2013  
Great shot of the interaction .. and looks like the Cardinal rules for sure! Looks like they are curious about the cigarette butt??
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful shot! I love the look of those cardinals - they are such a vivid colour they brighten up photographs beautifully.
November 26th, 2013  
How wonderful! Love that you captured them both. I have never seen a cardinal in the wild. Would love to one day.
November 26th, 2013  
Jo
The red one looks amazing
November 26th, 2013  
Gorgeous cool capture!
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful capture Taffy.
November 26th, 2013  
Brilliant
November 26th, 2013  
This is so cute! It looks like they're chatting about something ... maybe about the cold weather!
November 26th, 2013  
Fantastic capture.
November 26th, 2013  
Looks like angry birds :)
November 26th, 2013  
A healthy debate is in the offing -well caught!
November 26th, 2013  
Lol, wonderful image and I love the title
November 26th, 2013  
Terrific capture, love the contrasts.
November 26th, 2013  
Great contrast in colours :)
November 26th, 2013  
Fabulous capture - love it!! I wish a cardinal would drop down in front of me!! LOL!! Fav!!
November 26th, 2013  
Super shot.
November 26th, 2013  
Beautiful capture, Taffy. Thst sparrow seems awed by the cardinal's presence.
November 26th, 2013  
Super capture - the sparrows hold their ground against the big boys when there is food around
November 26th, 2013  
Love these little birds ...
November 26th, 2013  
Kim
Love it! Nice detail in both birds.
November 26th, 2013  
what a cute couple!!
November 26th, 2013  
Joe
Yes he does seem rather regal and quite a contrast with the sparrow
November 26th, 2013  
Adorable capture!
November 26th, 2013  
Beautiful
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful shot and great title.
November 26th, 2013  
Ian
Fabulous capture, well seen, great combo of friends : )
November 26th, 2013  
Awesome capture!
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful capture,and great contrast in the birds!!
November 26th, 2013  
How cool is that! nice :)
November 26th, 2013  
cardinals seem to be great characters, love the coupling, congrats
November 26th, 2013  
fav what a lovely capture
November 26th, 2013  
Love the cardinal - looking very grand. Nice shot
November 26th, 2013  
Wow, great capture!
November 26th, 2013  
Aw they do look like friends having a chat...
November 26th, 2013  
Haha, what a wonderfully captured friendship!
November 26th, 2013  
Really cool interaction between them!
November 27th, 2013  
Wonderful capture! Great clarity!
November 27th, 2013  
@apesaartje Haha -- you're right about angry birds and I didn't see it til you mentioned it!
November 27th, 2013  
delightful!
November 27th, 2013  
great capture
November 27th, 2013  
Male cardinals are so gorgeous!
November 27th, 2013  
Lovely capture
November 27th, 2013  
Such a sweet image - beautiful bird! : )
November 27th, 2013  
Awesome photo! I've been having good success with my 105mm micro lens for the birds out my window as well.
November 27th, 2013  
I just love Cardinals! Great shot!
November 28th, 2013  
@kchuk - I agree, and I think the cardinal is telling the sparrow the dangers of smoking while the sparrow contemplates the cigarette butt among the bird seeds.
November 28th, 2013  
@jyokota You cracked me up! I laughed as I read your comment!
November 28th, 2013  
Fantastic capture.
November 28th, 2013  
great capture! superb colors and clarity!
November 28th, 2013  
I love these fellows, so gorgeous, hope to see one one day.
November 28th, 2013  
Wonderful capture.
November 29th, 2013  
Fabulous capture. One of my favorite birds here on 365 as we do not have cardinals here. Their red color is so amazing and makes for a wonderful photo of the two of them. FAV
November 29th, 2013  
@darsphotos Thanks so much for the fav, Darlene! I was so lucky it just flew into my shot.
November 30th, 2013  
this is a big Fav for me .. totally love it ... more than anything the colors wowed me ..!!
December 1st, 2013  
@friend2303 Thanks Vijay! I really appreciate your visits and comments -- and of course love it when you fav a shot, as I think your photos are terrific so your opinion matters!
December 1st, 2013  
nice composition and colour
December 1st, 2013  
Fabulous capture... they are so cute!
December 1st, 2013  
Beautiful shot :)
December 1st, 2013  
love LOVE cardinals. I rarely take bird photos either, but I like this one...and love bird "harmony", of course! lol
December 3rd, 2013  
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