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WC465 Mr. Mom

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 13, 201172 views4 comments

I was standing near the window and saw this Cardinal "Daddy" feeding his 2 babies.

Although I wish I could sharpen them and bokeh the background...I think I did OK shooting through double paned glass. One of the reasons they are not sharp is that I was so excited, that I could not hold the camera still!

I had never seen this behavior before. But, I looked online and got more info. It seems that the mother Cardinal can lay 2 sets of eggs in a short time span. So, when one brood is hatching, the other brood are fledglings. So, Mr. Mom takes over and brings them to my feeder. There he gets one seed at a time and feeds the babies.

Pretty cool!

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 13, 2011 at 11:33 AM

Some interesting behavior--nice catch, Lucy! Not sure about the 'first impression' part though...

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 13, 2011 at 7:59 PM

This is the first time I'd ever seen this behavior, much less photographed it. It definitely left me with an "Awww" first impression.. Does that count?.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on January 14, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Even through the glass it can be appreciated. My little experence with Cardinals is that they have a pretty tight family. Never seen the feeding .

Dan

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 15, 2011 at 7:38 AM

Very cool to have seen and captured this, Lucy.

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