It was sunny and in the 70s on 6/7 when I captured a male cardinal puff up his
feathers and lean to one side while looking like he was âvegging out.âÂ
Can anyone explain this behavior? I love catching it in the summer. I
photographed the cardinal on the W&OD Trail in Vienna but I also recently saw 3
barn swallows do it on a sidewalk in Maryland. Â Â Also, I saw these birds on
the trail before and after the cardinal: 5 male indigo buntings, a male
yellowthroat, a male immature orchard oriole, 2 tree swallows, 2 bluebirds, 3
house finches, & assorted other birds.Â
My private pix are temporarily here:Â
https://www.flickr.com/gp/olympusbjs/013762
- Barb, Fairfax
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