info
Another new species from my encounter with Canadian nature. Comparing to our conditions and our birds' coloring it seems quite exotic, because of his red feathers. Indeed, he only occurs in Northern America, only its eastern part, from southern Canada to Mexico inclusive. Presented pictures would have been even better if it wasn't for a certain young lady, who, delicately put, turned out to be an incompetent nature lover. We were standing with my charming guide in Montreal area (greetings for Guy) few meters from feeders, close enough for the birds and squirrels to accept the distance and easily let us photograph them. But the luck did not last for long. After a while there came the mentioned lady with, probably, her boyfriend and approached the feeders directly, as she assumed it will be the easiset way to photograph the birds. To make things worse, her friend was whistling to woo the birds for his partner to, from the distance of around a meter, take a picture that will shock the world. Unfortunatley, the birds had a different opinion on the subject and stopped feeding, and the Cardinal did not approach the spot, sitting dozen or so meters from the feeders watching the weirdly behaving couple. Luckily, he was still enough that, with a manual sharpness setting (twigs were an obstacle), I have managed to take couple of presented pictures. The only ones of the species I managed to take in Canada. We have waited for couple of minutes hoping that, despite the cold, girl's nervous system, central part – the brain to be exact, will start to work and she will understand that she will not be able to take a satisfactory picture this way. Unfortunately, as it might have not happen, and the Cardinal flew away, we have left the feeding spot and the amateur wildlife photographer stood there waiting for the birds to flew back. Who knows, she might still be standing there... Northern Cardinal is a rather small bird as its weight does not exceed 50 grams with a wingspan of around 30 centimeters. I assure you that in a winter, snowy, canadian forest it is easy to spot and it is a lot of pleasure to observe it.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |