Beautiful Cardinal not 6 feet from me
 

There is a beautiful Cardinal just outside my rear sliding glass door. It just like 6 feet away and poking aound at the grass. It must not be able to see me do to the reflection of the glass. A real treat!

Its actually kind of orangy rather than the normal deep red. Is that a female maybe or a time of year thing?

i think it's a juvenile male

Salt We have quite a few hanging around the back yard.
They swoop down out of the evergreen to feed on theground more so than the feeder.
I think the female is not as dark as the male.
We have been feeding them cracked corn

the females are more of a "brownish" color than red like the males.

keep a watch on them....its ever cooler when you catch the male feeding the female. :love:

they are funny
 

many times they are the very last bird at the feeder
before nightfall

they prefer feeding off the ground the most

a 1/2 piece of plywood that sits on top of
a burn barrel is their favorite feeding station

An 'Orange Variant' Northern Cardinal

This link talks about the orange ones.