{"id":5763,"date":"2016-01-03T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=5763"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:45:00","slug":"mrs-cardinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/mrs-cardinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Cardinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audubon.org\/field-guide\/bird\/northern-cardinal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Cardinals<\/a> are one of my favorite birds and they also happen to be one of the most plentiful birds during this time of year in this area. This photograph of &#8220;Mrs. Cardinal&#8221; was taken at the same spot as the photograph I posted three\u00a0days ago entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/reflecting\/\">Reflecting<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The bird is a very interesting bird.\u00a0Unlike many other songbirds in North America, both the male and female cardinals can sing (usually, only a male songbird is capable of singing). In addition, when a female cardinal sings from the nest, it usually means she\u2019s telling the male she needs more food.\u00a0Speaking of food, during the courtship process, male Northern Cardinals are known to exhibit affection toward females by feeding her beak-to-beak. The tender display of affection is a sight to behold (by the way, this is to engage the female blog subscribers). :)<\/p>\n<p>Do you know where the Cardinal gets its name? They say that the bird is named for the red plumage of the male, which was said to look similar to a Catholic cardinal\u2019s red vestments. Another interesting tidbit, during the spring, you might see a male Northern Cardinal attacking a window. It\u2019s actually attacking his reflection in the glass because he will fiercely defend his breeding territory from intruding males (real or perceived).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5760\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-132.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5760\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/mrs-cardinal\/northern-cardinal-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-132.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. 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Kahler&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Northern Cardinal&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Northern Cardinal\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Northern Cardinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Northern Cardinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-132-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-132-1500x1000.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5760\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-132.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Cardinal\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1040\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Cardinal &#8211; Female<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii\/\">Canon EOS 5D Mark III<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/sigma-150-600mm-f5-6-3-dg-os-hsm-lens\/\">Sigma 150-600mm f\/5-6.3 Sports Lens<\/a> set on 600 mm. The camera was set on <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/aperture-priority\/\">Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/8, shutter speed at 1\/500 and the ISO set at ISO 3200. This was a single image processed in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>You can view my Birds of Texas collection by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/texas-birds\/\">here<\/a>. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions, or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1996\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T Kahler Signature\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 2015 T. Kahler Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Cardinals are one of my favorite birds. 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