#red birds

[oliviarosaline]

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Male

Shining in all his glory.

March 17th, 2024

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[colorsoutofearth]

Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Photo by Marie Read

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Red and Green ~

[rachelsrandomsphotos]

Male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL

[naturalist-journal]

[heather-rajendran]

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) photo I took recently, West Yorkshire, UK

[todaysbird]

it’s crazy how much diversity there can be in one species…these are all pictures of the same bird species (red-tailed hawk)

[monowires]

i can’t say “angry birds ratios a transphobe” was on my 2023 bingo card, but i’m not disappointed

[tammyblackwelder]

[ginaraemitchell]

Children's Book Review: When the Red Bird Flies by Courtney Reames Haydell | #KidsDealingWith Death #KidsCoping #RedBirds | @Bookgal @therealbookgal 

Dealing with the death of a loved one is always difficult, but especially so for children. "When the Red Bird Flies" offers a lovely solution to cope with bereavement.  Children's Book Review: When the Red Bird Flies by Courtney Reames Haydell | #KidsDealingWith Death #KidsCoping #RedBirds | @Bookgal @therealbookgal 

Children’s Book Review: When the Red Bird Flies by Courtney Reames Haydell | #KidsDealingWith Death #KidsCoping #RedBirds | @Bookgal @therealbookgal  Book Details Categories: Animals – Birds Family – Multigenerational Social Themes – Death, Grief, Bereavement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purchase Links for When the Red Bird Flies BookShop/IndieBound ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpt On a cold night in…

[somberous]

Mary Oliver, from “Summer Morning.” [ID in alt text]

[whatnext10]

Mama Cardinal is Really Looking Colorful and Sharp

Sharp Dressed Girl During the fall, after raising three broods of babies, both Momma and Poppa cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) were looking kind of rough. They were missing some feathers and looked kind of thin. By December they were looking much better. Their feathers were growing back and they had been eating like crazy. Before too much longer, the next breeding season will be here, but as…

[colorsoutofearth]

Southern carmine bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides)

Photo by Will Burrard-Lucas

[klynn5177]

(via "Trio of male Northern Red Cardinals in the falling snow" Baseball ¾ Sleeve T-Shirt for Sale by Kristylynn757)

[rachelsrandomsphotos]

Male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL

[herd-reject-arts]

So I'm leaving work and something darts in front of me, maybe 10ft away, too fast for me to see what it is. Peek around the tree blocking my path and I see this

Just like... a whole ass hawk. Dude's gotta be about 1.5ft tall. Massive fucking bird. And it's just staring me straight in my soul like this, even as I try to move ahead. It didn't budge. And there's only this path back to my car unless I want to walk on a busy highway. So I have the option of Death By Raptor or Death By Truck.

So I walk in the poison ivy filled patch off the sidewalk. Guy still isn't moving. Still staring me directly in the eyes. And I do this thing when animals are behaving strangely where I'll talk to them, so I'm just like, "Hey, man. I don't know you. You don't know me. This feels really threatening. I'm just trying to get to my car, dude. Can I get some space please? You're a big fucking bird. I see those claws. You could kill me right now, but I'd appreciate if you didn't, ok?"

It didn't move until I was about 2ft away. Again: I'm as far from it as I can be without walking into the street. It clearly wasn't going to budge. I walk past, thing flies up (silent, btw. Scary) and lands on a brick wall a little further ahead

Anyway. Weird guy. Nearly shit my pants when I noticed a bird big enough to carry off a fully grown cat was just... there, staring me in the face, unwilling to move away from me, a human, something it should see as a threat. I watched behind me the whole rest of the way to my car, just in case this bird decided to help me shed this mortal coil. 10/10 experience. Super cool guy.