startling banals

Sings beautifully behind my building for some time just before sunrise.

A recording from 'Learn Bird Songs' by Lang Elliott

Northern Cardinal: what a boring name. The Native Americans must have had a nice name for this bird, some name chosen with love, that tells us what's so special about it.

looks like a cousin of our bulbul .
thank goodness flora and fauna hasn't been globalised .

true true..
bulbuls have a terrific community life though. and this one i saw quite alone.
a lonesome american bird trying to find its own voice

where do you live that you see cardinals in november? it's cold, wet, and white, here in wisconsin.

i live in brighton near boston. do they go away for the winter?

wisconsin.. laura ingalls wilder's book 'little house in the big woods' :)

what a beautiful bird!!