young cardinal on my cucumber trellis
Labels: birds
posted by kathy at 6/15/2011 07:30:00 PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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9 Comments:
He's adorable!
June 15, 2011 7:52 PM
Great Picture! I didn't realize they were a faded sort of pinkish when young. Do you think it could be a female?
June 16, 2011 12:38 AM
You have a beautiful blog. Check out mine urbanfarmwife.bolgspot.com
June 16, 2011 3:05 AM
Beautiful!
June 16, 2011 5:44 AM
Hi, Your garden is wonderful! It is so great to see another local garden. I have a potager garden at home in Melrose. It seems that yours is very much like that too. Vegetables with flowers and herbs -the best! And your cardinal and bunny photos are great - this week, I had a wren land on top of my obelisk that has a - wren sculpture - on the top! Double decker wrens! Life is great -
(mrs. macgregor)
June 16, 2011 10:46 AM
Beautiful bird - Cardinals are my favorite & abundant in my yard. I love the dedication and passion you bring to gardening and this blog - it's infectious! In fact I started my own outdoors & vegetable gardening blog last month called LushGreenVA
June 16, 2011 11:04 AM
The mature females have an orange beak. This young one still has a black beak.
June 18, 2011 9:58 PM
Beautiful! Your photos are lovely. Isn't it a heartwarming time of year. At first light in the morning the bird song is wonderful. When I feel completely knackered, I think "if that little birdy can get up and go again ... so can I"!
Marian(LondonUK)
June 19, 2011 6:11 PM
Hi,
Do you give the wild birds of your yard shelter?
Nice Blog, your love of gardening and the outdoors is showing!
I too love the wild birds. So nice to look at in the garden! Look here: http://www.allaboutrosegardening.com/Wild-Bird-House.html to learn how to keep them in the garden.
July 11, 2011 10:07 PM
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