…is the cardinal. I can see why. I have at least two dozen of them at the feeder north of the house this evening. They flit around so much that it’s difficult to get an accurate accounting, but I’m sure there are at least a dozen pairs stopping by for a snack before bedtime.
We have cardinals year round here. At one time we had even more than the 24 I saw tonight. There used to be a thicket around a couple of lakes to the east of us, but a developer razed most of that to put up houses, destroying their habitat. I’m not sure where they are nesting now, but I was glad to see that they stayed near us.

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