I saw a red cardinal in my morning walk with my dog. Red cardinals aren’t that common here.
So seeing this comic made me happier than usual.
Thank you for posting this!
When you szy aren’t that common…
Where I live it is probably impossible to go outside in warm months without seeing a sparrow. Those birds are just everywhere. It’s only right now thinking about it that I realize how lucky we are that sparrows are pretty cool. They don’t do any damage. They aren’t harmful. They just do their own little thing. But they ARE everywhere.
Pidgeons are just like that too. Less of them, so you may not see one the second you step outside. You’ll absolutely see them everyday.
But cardinals are less common. I wouldn’t call them uncommon though. Although unlike sparrows and pidgeons, you may go weeks without seeing one. But when you do see one, it’s not an uncommon sight.
You’re like “Oh! A cardinal. Neat.”
There was a blue and yellow bird I saw a year ago. Never saw one before. Never saw one since. It was very pretty. I still have no idea what it was. I’m not an expert in bird law.
So when you say cardinals aren’t common near you, do you mean like I do, where it might be a few days/weeks before you see another? Or is it more like once per season you see a cardinal?
Whereabouts do you live? Not all sparrows, but house sparrows in particular are considered an invasive species in North America and are known to be very aggressive toward other bird species, kicking them out of their nests, and such. We have a ton of them in our backyard and they are virtually impossible to get rid of to make room for others, like bluebirds.
On a more positive note: we do get cardinals every so often. Just saw a male and female on our feeder this morning.
About one every one or two months. I see blue jays at about the sane frequency.
Mohawks rock! Cardinals rock! 🤘
I have cardinal fledgelings on three sides of my house. The’ve been yelling their dumb little heads off for multiple days now. I thought it was the adults because that’s all I’d been able to see, but then I saw a loud little baby in the barberry, and mama cardinal perched above me ready to throw down if I made a wrong move.
They are incredibly annoying, I’m guessing just one family, but I’m super glad my advanced druid yard has given them a good platform to grow and thrive.
