If you look carefully at this picture, you will notice there are two bright red Cardinals in the Japanese Maple tree located outside our back door. Before I took the picture there were more Cardinals (both male and female), but of course as soon as I lift the camera up to capture the moment they all fly away.
I'm enjoying our new bird feeder. Well, it's not really new I guess. We've had it for quite some time, but just recently decided to put it up outside. We've made a lot of winged friends since then. It's been pretty popular especially with the Cardinals.
Birds amaze me. They can be brightly colored like the Cardinals in the picture and yet be difficult to spot. They make nests, and nest making seems complicated. They also survive wind storms which is fairly miraculous seeing as they are so little and all. What do birds go through when the wind is strong. Do they get blown far away from their homes? Can you imagine flying through the air for miles with absolutely no control. Maybe that doesn't happen. Maybe they have incredibly strong feet and can hang onto tree branches using a mighty grip reserved especially for storms.
And, birds find the littlest of things to survive on. It's amazing how they pick in the grass and find stuff to eat even in the winter time. Minnesota birds have got to be the toughest with all that snow covering the ground, the below zero temps, snow storms and all. You'd think their little feet would freeze right off. Somehow they keep their feet and stay alive. I know because my parents have a bird feeder and they live in Minnesota. They've never said anything about birds losing their feet due to the cold.
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