Nature at its best!

This morning as I was drinking my coffee I saw this lovely bird outside in our yard. I watched him for a while and then I decided to try and take a picture of him. I was inside the back room and did not think I could take it through the window. But I guess it did not turn out too bad for an amateur. It is times like this that I wish I could sell my camera and buy one a few notches up the ladder. I really enjoy picture taking a lot, I feel as though I am capturing the moment and filing history for some else to enjoy. Any way it gave me a reason to look up some info on the red Bird so I thought I would share it with you, just in case you are interested. And yes his lady friend was around and they flew off together.

The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North and South America. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae).
These are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. The family ranges in size from the 12-cm, 11.5-gram Orange-breasted Bunting to the 25-cm, 85-gram Black-headed Saltator[verification needed]. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinctive appearances; the family is named for the red plumage (colored cardinal like the color of a Catholic cardinal's vestments) of males of the type species, the Northern Cardinal.
The "buntings" in this family are sometimes generically known as "tropical buntings" (though not all live in the tropics) or "North American buntings" (though there are other buntings in North America) to distinguish them from the true buntings. Likewise the grosbeaks in this family are sometimes called "cardinal-grosbeaks" to distinguish them from other grosbeaks. The name "cardinal-grosbeak" can also apply to this family as a whole.
Most species are rated by the IUCN as least concern, though some are near threatened.[1]

Hope you are Blessed today and that your are a Blessing to someone also.

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