Cardinal Nest

Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) on her eggs. Cardinals are year-around residents of the city, and one of our very vocal species, so we will definitely be hearing them on this morning’s Listening Tour. This female, however, will not be making much noise because she’s trying to be inconspicuous. Good luck! The nest is much too exposed. I could have gotten right inside it but preferred to let the telephoto do the snooping since “visitors” can be very stressful.

Without planning on it, I’ve been doing a lot of posts about nesting this spring. But ’tis the season:
Geese and swallows.
Rock pigeon.
Peregrine falcon.
Five different nest strategies.

And from way back in the archives, a late season Northern Cardinal baby.