Beautiful Cardinal not 6 feet from me

[OLD GOAT]

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

[Jenn]

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.

[Raven]

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