Cardinals, and Eagles

The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They’re a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you can’t take your eyes off. Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don’t migrate and they don’t molt into a dull plumage, so they’re still breathtaking in winter’s snowy backyards. In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning. Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female may sing a longer and slightly more complex song than the male. Many people are perplexed each spring by the sight of a cardinal attacking its reflection in a window, car mirror, or shiny bumper. Both males and females do this, and most often in spring and early summer when they are obsessed with defending their territory against any intruders. Birds may spend hours fighting these intruders without giving up. A few weeks later, as levels of aggressive hormones subside, these attacks should end (though one female kept up this behavior every day or so for six months without stopping). The male cardinal fiercely defends its breeding territory from other males. When a male sees its reflection in glass surfaces, it frequently will spend hours fighting the imaginary intruder. A perennial favorite among people, the Northern Cardinal is the state bird of seven states.The oldest recorded Northern Cardinal was 15 years 9 months old. And a cute fact is i have a baby cardinal in my back yard named Marvin he escaped from the nest trying to fly.

The eagles are huge and black! it looks like they had just finished their lunch but i don't know what it was. They are all so cute spirit is growing up so fast they all are. It will soon lead to flying season they will be flying in and out of the nest in June and they should leave sometime in summer. And if the nest is lucky more eagles will come to the nest and have baby eagles. Im really going to miss the eagles. http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp