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- Mother Cardinals have the most difficult easy job imaginable: not only to feed her babies but to be alert every moment. Predators abound. It's not a Disney world out there.
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SO fabulous! Thank you for your always brilliant, informative videos.
+Jack Bader Brilliant? Careful now, Jack, or you'll give me a swelled head. Seriously, though, thank you for the high compliment. I aim to teach myself and my viewers every time I film another bird. I like to know I'm succeeding.
Sad ending but a terrific video and I enjoyed your narration. Thank you.
I was sad to find the nestlings gone on day 5--couldn't believe it, in fact. I'm glad you liked the movie despite the ending. I do have others about Cardinals (how the females pick a mate) and other nesting birds (Robins, Phoebes, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers).
We had similar instance we got them food water and from 3 babies by day 8 nest got empty
Cardinals are my favorite birds bar none. They are absolutely beautiful and both parents tend to the young while staying in the same area year round.
There are so many reasons to love Cardinals: their beauty, their rich voices, the way the males constantly chase each other in spring. I mean, what’s not to like?!
Your videos are all simply so amazing. I guess it really helps if as a viewer you really love animals in general and your wife and daughter are active birders, but there are so many videos on birds and animals and your's stand out from the rest in a really positive way and I just love how you do them. I am so pleased to have been a subscriber for quite a while and get an extra jolt of joy whenever I watch or re-watch one of your postings.
I could hardly ask for a nicer compliment than this one, John. And I do remember that you've commented on other movies, though I don't recall which ones. Anyway, thanks for this generous comment.
Just figured out cardinals nets is right outside my window in a little tree
Wonderful video about brave and devoted cardinal mothers🤩
This is one of my favorite videos for exactly the reason you mentioned, Pamela.
It’s a cold animal world! Thank you for the beautiful video and narration!
I watched a Cooper's Hawk devour a Robin a couple of days ago. Nature is red in tooth and claw. And the Cardinals know it all too well. I'm happy to hear that, despite the way this film ended, you could appreciate its beauty.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME unfortunately, the human species is worse. In nature it’s about survival. What humans are capable of is incomprehensible, so I look to nature (and animals) for solace. Keep up the great work!
@@cybutterfly For such an inventive species, we can sure be stupid and destructive.
Damn Jo. That got dark really quickly:(
There was some foreshadowing, but yes, it did get dark quickly. 🤷♀️
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME poor babies.. I have a nest outside, can’t see it but I see the parents often ❤️
@@krystalmerz8528 I was unhappy to find the nest empty. I hope your nestlings fare better.
not sure if you guys gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the new movies and series on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my brother these days xD
@Ryland Andrew yup, have been using instaflixxer for since december myself :)
Great video. We have a cardinal nest by our front door for a week now. I was afraid to disturb so we are going through our garage door. We can see the nest from front glass door. They are beautiful and nature is amazing. Excitely Waiting on babies.
Best of luck to THEM and you, Teres!
Since seeing the video, I have a few leftover hanging wood baskets just like yours I haven't used in years. Will give it a try sometime and see if they try building a nest in it.
Offering them a basket to nest and seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I’m not so sure. It’s possible that the reason the nestlings were taken at the basket was in a spot wasn’t well hidden enough. I guess the only advice I’d offer is to hang the basket where it’s protected by shrubbery.
Loved this video
Your channel is *gold* , thank you, Jo =)
It's a pleasure to get such a compliment, Darron!
great video!!!!
+Linden Gilka Quite the drama, huh, Linden? Glad you liked it.
I absolutely love you videos
I'm not even going to bother with "aww shucks". Instead, let me say thank you very much. It's so nice to hear that. I've got almost 150 movies. That ought to keep you entertained for awhile. By the way, love your cat picture. I'm a cat lover too.
Thank you.
Beautiful. Lovely Video
How could I fail to make a lovely video with such beautiful birds to star in it, right, Paul?
I liked the video and the narration! The ending was disappointing but I'm glad you showed the events as they happened.
Thank you, Lawton. When I saw that empty nest, I didn't even believe it at first. It took me a few seconds to resign myself to what I was seeing.
Thank you for the video it is very nice
My pleasure, Hampler. The vid has a sad ending, but still, it's sweet to watch the parents take such care of their nestlings.
Thank you, very good vid, at this rate of going to such "Deathneyland", I'm amazed there r still any birds left!!!!
Deathneyland? I wish I had thought of that, and I may yet find a chance to use it in a future script. And by the way, thanks for the prayers.
That was so sad lol. It was a good video love the narration. Love cardinals
Thanks for commenting, Eric. If you'll excuse some shameless self-promotion, I have close to 200 movies, all narrated. If you subscribe, you have access to all of them.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME well I beat you to the punch yesterday lol I've already subscribed I'll be watching videos.
Ha! I love being beaten to the punch--at least in that way, I do. Enjoy!
Fantastic video and yes nature is tough.
Thanks for the praise. On another topic, that's an interesting screen name you've adopted. Care to explain it?
We all end up ghosts [as such] and I'm on fire with creativity lol.
So, you're laughing at death daily and at the same time you're like medieval people who kept a human skull on their desks to remind them of their mortality. Here's hoping the name prompts you to enjoy life while you have it and give your creativity free rein. My screen name now has no such significance, but I used to be a leftwing political blogger and my screen name was "hotflash"--because I was going through the change of life and trying to provide news and insights. Anyway, thanks for indulging me with an explanation.
Great video, thanks, but wish we could have seen an ending (the 40% that do survive)...
Thank you. And I wish I could have shown you a successful nesting but never found another Cardinal nest.
I love this video. A robin made a nest in my apple tree. The mom was so diligent and sat on her nest of beautiful blue eggs around the clock. Then a few days before they were due to hatch, the nest was bare. I looked at my trail camera and saw a big dark shadow of a bird gobbling them up as mom robin tried in vain to scare him away. Nature is tragic sometimes.
What can I say? You are right.
Great video as always Jo!
At least somebody mentioned that baby birds are, in fact, baby snacks. I think we humans should build an industry of raising baby snacks and using them as a light meal. Imagine a tin can with a hundred of fuckers inside... or even serving them alive in cafes... so many yummy ideas!
I was so happy watching till the end, 😭
Yeah, I know, Joey. You can imagine my dismay when I walked outside to peek at the nest and found it empty. I couldn't--well, didn't want to--believe it.
+Jo -- I have just gone through the same experience. And now when I look at that empty nest I wonder what bird or crawling creature ate those little guys. One day there were 3 of them jostling around in that nest, the next day everyone was GONE.
Then you understand, Noe, why I ended the film the way I did--abruptly, simply showing the empty nest. I wanted to convey the unpleasant surprise/disbelief that I felt when I found the empty nest.
That's how the whole experience was for me: I was so happy--til the end.
I have some babies in back and I see the male teaching them how to fly now. They are beautiful
Watching adult birds feed their babies and take care of them: those are "Aww!" moments. You might also like a movie I just posted about an Eastern Phoebe nest. th-cam.com/video/ywKyHpMrTY8/w-d-xo.html
So wonderful Jo! I enjoyed it very much! Thank you!
+Annemieke van Leeuwen My pleasure to make it, Annemieke. Thanks for commenting.
Northern cardinals are the birds my wife and I miss the most living in SW North Dakota. We grew up in both Wisconsin and Minnesota, where their range is firmly established. We delight in hearing them in the morning when we visit though!
We Midwesterners take the Cardinals for granted. We're so used to seeing that flash of red or hearing their trumpeting songs that we think, "Oh, it's just a Cardinal." But when my West Coast relatives come to visit, they get excited about the Cardinals.
very nice I like This
I love It's colouration.
Her colors are subtle compared to the male but quite lovely.
Beautiful nest with beautiful sunshine
Thanks. And, oh, add "beautiful birds" to what you said, right?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME sure !!!! Really what a beautiful bird !! Have a nice time
Dang! Nature really is savage.
very sad ending but great video jo i love cardinals
+joe squat Right, joe, what's not to love about Cardinals? And the sad ending is ... sad, but real.
great video i have a nest in my yard also and its so cute to see the new babies struting around eating seeds hehehe
Glad you liked the video. I'm hearing the Cardinals singing these days. They're already looking forward to raising babies.
I love the creature.
What a sad ending!
Yes, I was sad about it, but whatever creature ate them didn't think it was sad at all. Nature is all about eating.
3 days ago a Cardinal built a nest in a Barberry shrub directly in front of our Breezeway. Day 2 found broken egg below.Today i sat watching 3 hrs. Left & came back , found another fresh egg broken!
Lovely! Thank you!
Glad you liked it, MoofManiac. Thanks for saying so.
Oh my. I love Cardinals! How depressing, yes it is reality but super depressing. The cameraman should have saved them. The Mama and Daddy tried so hard, but they had to eat. Too bad, such is nature. I just found your channel today and glad I did . I love nature and good narration. Thanks.
The camera man should have saved them?! Believe me, I did a triple take when I walked out to the nest on day five and found it empty. And I was not. happy about it! Yes, it's depressing.
Anyway, I thank you for commenting. I do love to hear from someone who has just found my channel. Tell all your nature loving friends, would you please?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME - Oh I sure will! 🙂
@@kabernat 😚💥👌
Duh. I should have mentioned that I have other movies about Cardinals, like about how the female picks a mate and slomo footage of the males sparring at a feeder, among others. If you'll type Cardinals Alwood into the YT search box, the two I mentioned will show up.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME - Ohhhh! Thank you soooo very much! I will be watching now! It's so fascinating!!
I couldn't understand what you said at the end before "world". Please repeat. We have a pair of cardinals that we feed year after year. I love them. What can I do to help them with a nest, which I never see. That wooden planter looked ideal. Thanks.
I said that it's not a Disney World. Cardinals are easy to attract.They'll eat just about anything you put out. Besides feeding them, you could do them and all your birds a huge favor by planting natives. You might want to take a look at the two movies I did about The Importance of Putting in Native Plants.
Wow - best cardinal video I've ever seen. Excellent shots and narrative! Did you build that nest box - it's so cute!
+waywardmuse Thanks, wayward muse. The Cardinals built in an abandoned orchid box that was hanging in the pergola at the back of our yard next to the woods. Perhaps it wasn't the wisest place to put a nest because it didn't have lots of underbrush to camouflage the comings and goings of the parents. I felt very privileged to have a chance to film them so close up. I just left the camera sitting there because it was protected from the weather and changed memory cards a couple of times a day.
Gracias a Ud. Es que la palabra 'sorrorosos' no existe.
Really enlightening. Thank you!
Yes, it's shocking to realize the 60 percent of songbird nestlings are fated to be food. It's enlightening also, I think, to see how committed the mother Cardinal is. Thanks for your comment, Kathleen.
Songbirds are prolific. I think most are due predation, but I never knew. Holy mackerel.
I know! It's hard to believe so many of the nestlings are just food for other species. A movie I did about Robins raising a brood actually shows nest predation--not of the nestlings I was filming, of a different brood.
Some predator probably watched your video and discovered the location of the nest. Cat or raccoon are smart enough for that.
Yes, that's possible.
We have had a Family of Cardinals in our yard for years now. There are more and more crows and Bluejays in the neighborhood though and been looking into ways to get rid of them.
I just let the different species duke it out the way they always do, whether we're around or not. If you type 'cardinals Alwood' in the YT search box, you'll see a couple of other videos you'd probably like.
How cute
That they are.
wonderful thank you
Glad you liked it.
She ate the poop sac?! The finches by my house stacked the poop sacs on the side of the nest.
That's a new one. I never heard of birds doing that!
Know, I need a bird feeder for my house, to see if any cardinals would fly in the birds house! They, are my favorite birds, are cardinals!
Oh. I see. I don't know if Cardinals ever nest in bird houses.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I, always enjoyed watching the cardinals! We have a Bush in front of our house, and they would be eating off the berry's off our bushes!
Berry bushes and trees are invaluable for attracting birds. I've seen Cardinals eating cherries, mulberries and serviceberries.
Amazing nest footage!
I felt privileged to get it, Rob--and disappointed that some predator got the babies.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Yes, the ending was very sad. I once was waiting in line at a park in NYC for a concert, a hawk swooped into a nest right above our heads and ate the babies, the parents were going crazy but couldn't do anything to stop it. Seeing this first hand really pulls on the heart strings but in reality so many of our actions are killing birds and other wildlife in much greater numbers due to loss of habitat. We started getting our property on track to be much more earth friendly even if there's some "weeds" that are to another being dinner.
Oh, Rob, I do so agree with what you say about us being the cause of bird population declines! I call those moments when a predator kills something National Geo moments, and they can be hard to witness, but we are the culprits. Whenever someone gets on my channel and rails about Starlings telling me I ought to be shooting them, I point out that we're non-natives to this continent too, and compared to what we do the damage those Starlings do to native species is less than a drop in the bucket. Pesticides, loss of habitat, and climate change are the big three.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME We're definitely on the same page, as much as I enjoy colorful, pretty or rare birds all birds are welcome in my backyard. I don't like to kill anything, not with pesticides or traps or what I eat at dinner. I wish more people saw the big picture and understood what truly destroys biodiversity and our planet rather than focus on horrific pictures of a baby seal being killed. I agree that's also terrible but so are factory farms, needless development and just so much of our way of living. I wonder if this virus going around will create any awareness that we are a part of nature or if it'll be business as usual with a drug to fix everything.
Since a vaccine is what will end this plague, I'd say our confidence in business as usual with a drug to fix everything is the almost certain outcome. And I say that even though I agree with your sentiments. I do eat meat if it's not grain fed or raised in a CAFO. I buy organic if I can. But even though I try to be sensible about what foods are healthiest for me and least damaging to the environment, I'm still part of the problem: too many humans. I'm not willing to sacrifice myself for the good of the planet, though, and give the Coronavirus a chance to kill me and my husband. We're sheltering in place, but we're still using gas and heating and cooling our house. Yes, we feed the birds and plant only native plants, but we're still contributing to climate change. 🤷♀️
Aaaaaah, aaaaaah, q bonita fam.
Y pensar q esos pajaritos tan hermosos, recién nacidos estén bien sorrorosos.
Gracias. I wish I spoke Spanish so I'd understand everything you said.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME - Here's the translation - Aaaaaah, aaaaaah, what a beautiful fam.
And to think that those beautiful, newborn birds are very surprised.
@@kabernatThank you for the translation.
How, amazing is that! Female cardinals aren't as beautiful as the mail cardinals! Mr. And mrs. Cardinal!
My biggest surprise was her piercing song.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME piercing song! Wow! That's got to be beautiful to hear!
It's in the video, Michael. Did you not hear it?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yup, I, heard it!
This seems to be a very exposed location for a nest. Looks like a hanging plant bucket or something. Maybe that's why the nestlings died or predated on so easily, whereas if the nest was in dense foliath on a tree somewhere they may have had a better chance.
Thank you so much for sharing this remarkable video. I so greatly appreciate it. Best wishes...
Im so glad I found your channel... thank you for doing such a great job... really good !
Thank you. I try to do my best work on every film.
Great ending
That's a minority opinion. Most people are disappointed, judging by the comments I get. But the ending is about how nature really works, and after all, I did prepare you for that ending without being heavy handed. I'm glad you appreciated it.
Jo Alwood
Love that you show the reality of it. The world has teeth and it will eat those that fall into its mouth.
I’ve got a hand full of cardinals that frequent my feeders, pretty birds.
Thanks for the video!
I knew what you meant, because I've watched animals face those teeth. ... But I'm glad you put it into words anyway.
I actually found this video bcuz I was looking up bird houses suited for cardinals.
I noticed the little nest platform in the video.
Is it covered at all or what?
I have a few feeders I tend to several times a week and I was thinking it was time to build some bird condos.
Tips?
Thanks!
My husband is the one in our family who feeds the birds--and knows more about them than I do--but aside from hanging a few store-bought birdhouses in the woods behind our house, he doesn't know much. The nest the Cardinals occupied was a former orchid holder that he hung in a pergola. Though I can't give you tips on the condos, I can offer something just as useful, I think. Relying on my husband's expertise at attracting birds to our yard, I made two films about how to get them to show up in the winter. I'll bet you'd be very interested in both of them. I'm posting a link here to the first of them, and you'll find a link to the second one at the end of this one. th-cam.com/video/16eEu0J6n6Q/w-d-xo.html
The weight and value of life... that so many of us don't even appreciate
Well said, Dave.
I love this video! Great work. I'm waiting to for my birds to come back and feed at my feeder. I have over 100 birds that feed at my feeders. I just recently got a gopro to capture them eating at the main feeder. The problem is I have very limited angles and positions I can put my gopro.
+Conner Castro Not having worked with a gopro, Conner, I can't offer you any advice. When I want to film a feeder, I just set the camcorder up on a tripod, leave it alone for an hour or two, and then scrub through the footage. That's how I got the footage for "Why Birds Bathe" (with the camera set up on a stream bed rather than a feeder). In the Cardinal movie, I did the same thing. Since I didn't want to disturb the birds, I spent as little time as possible setting up the camera and changing memory cards. I'm glad to hear you like the results. If filming wildlife is a hobby you plan to pursue very much, I'd suggest you look at more of my films for ideas.
+Jo Alwood (BIRDS AND THEN SOME) thank you so much.
Awe, Id hate to be a mama bird!!
Right, you'd lose half your babies.
Upon examining the new nest, i decided the nest was Not Big Enough / constructed sturdy enough and Mom was accidentally kicking eggs out of nest. ANY ADVICE ANYONE?
I wish I had advice, but I wouldn't know what to do either.
I wrote you this past winter about hoping to see a Grosbeak or Cedar Waxwing at my feeders, but....to no avail. Oh well...there’s always next winter!
By the way...in early April all of my feeders were completely destroyed by a hungry pesky black bear coming out of hibernation, so it appears I’ll need to find a better strategy 😡.
Geez, destroyed by a hungry Black Bear?! That's a new one on me. Most squirrels dislike food with hot peppers on it. I wonder if bears do.
Jo Alwood Yes I recently moved right next to a National Forest here in northwest Pennsylvania and unbeknownst to me the bears are quite active in early Spring. I won’t let it dissuade me though because I love feeding the birds 😎.
I WISH YOU WELL.
Great video. Sad outcome, but nature is cruel.
Thanks. And I agree about nature. Individual creatures may love and care, but nature only favors what works, and cruelty works.
And come to think of it, sometimes love and caring works, so nature favors that too. Sometimes.
Jo, I love your narration! Do you also get the shots? The birds are stunning!
Thank you, Brittany. Yes, I got all the shots in this movie and in most of my vids. Once in awhile, lately, I've taken to borrowing footage from other videographers, but for the most part, it's all mine.
What did you say at the very end when the nest was bare? I couldn’t make it out. Thanks in advance! Btw - great video! We have a nest being constructed in our backyard, which promoted our search. 🥰
That's tragic, I wonder what got to him. If I had to guess I would say a corvid but who knows.
You're right that we'll never know. And as I said, sixty percent of nestlings are destined to be food. As sad as it makes us, whatever creature it was that ate the babies, it felt no guilt--only a full stomach. It's sort of like how we feel when we eat a chicken leg that we bought at the grocery store.
What kind of snake is that? Looks scary.
Where do you live?
I don't know what kind of snake that is, nor do I even remember where I filmed it. We live in St. Louis, Missouri.
Perhaps the hanging nest cradle is not in an optimal spot. Are the cardinals reusing the cradle? A pair of cardinals are building a nest inside a thuja shrub right by my windows. I’ve noticed a house sparrow couple coming around harassing the mama cardinal as she was carrying materials to make a nest. When they left, she flew up into a hemlock branch and called papa cardinal. She called about 3-4 times and then he appeared. They touched beaks, either to eat or another reason and then she continued building the nest while he stood guard above.
Shortly after that I was outside and there was a loud bluejay fracas. I went over to the area of the cardinal nest and saw the 2 house sparrows nearby again. I chased the h sparrows away.
We didn't hang that orchid container there for them to nest in, and it wasn't a great spot--not camouflaged enough. I'm not aware that House Sparrows will eat the eggs or chicks of other birds, but Bluejays will. Maybe you should save your energy for the jays?
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME The Jays have been active today. I’m sure they’d like to monopolize the 2 bird baths I have that are very popular with everyone. The sparrows definitely went after mama cardinal while she was inside the shrub. I think the jays are wanting to nest in the same area and are being territorial. I’m in southern Vermont with a very sudden too hot spring and everyone is restless.
@@olgakuchukov6981 I'm interested to hear that Vermont, like Missouri, is having a sudden, too warm spring. Does the Cardinal have eggs yet? Because the Jays will eat them if they can.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME yes very early spring, temps in the high 70s, no rain. From snow piles to 70*F. Going back to “normal” May weather from tomorrow on, in April. The cardinals are just building the nest. They’re being leisurely about it, bathing and taking day trips away in between. She hasn’t settled in to lay any eggs yet. Hoping the jays will be too big to fit into the shrub to steal the eggs and/or I’ll be keeping watch. Also my area robin just returned a couple of weeks ago and is looking single still. Surely he’ll be showing off the primo bathing stations to his potential mates.
@@olgakuchukov6981 Sounds a lot like what we've gotten.
Where the babies?
A predator took them overnight.
Very sad ending. At five days cardinals are not strong enough to fend for themselves. They were likely eaten
Yes, I'm sure they were eaten, and the parents were helpless to defend them against some large, dangerous predator. I was shocked and sad to find the nest empty. But since 60% of nestlings face this same fate,, I knew that I should show the world as it really is in my video.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I came to this video because a pair of hatchlings nested in a window by my bed just left the nest today. They didn't seem ready and I haven't seen them since. I got a first hand view of their rearing from the first day that the mother began to build the nest. It was an awesome experience and I hope they nest in my yard again one day.
How cool is that, to have them nesting right at your window?! I would have liked to provide people with both endings - the happy and the sad - but I didn’t get a chance to film a better ending. Since your nesting was successful, maybe next year they’ll like the same space. Here’s hoping.
Evidently,evidence
I had cardinal nest in my backyard I miss that sound .. my brother was staring at this baby bird on the fence it new how to fly but it didn't.The parents were going crazy .all I remember dam cats I don't give a shit people tell me let nature takes it course I disagree at that point just like what that videos stats in only two of them survive in the wild . It was getting dark I quickly made a nest for him put him in the shoe box by the parents tree then I did bring him in for day made sure he was ok .I did feed him little .it's was amazing I think he was getting attached to me he was just chilling with me on my finger .I brought him out to his parents. couple hours later they just disappeared. The cardinal reminds me that parakeet I had long time ago .
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So depressing
Consider, though, Lisa, that this pair probably raised another brood successfully. We'd be overrun with any songbird species that wasn't subject to predation. But I know it's sad. Nature is red in tooth and claw.
Mommy your pretty too. Besides they will eat him first. Now isn't that a fine comfort?
Yes. Mama, Papa, and all the babies are often in mortal danger.
Jo: “She sits silently…”
Mama Cardinal: makes ear piercing laser noises
Jo: “Well almost all the time.”
That literally made me laugh out loud.
I'm glad you enjoyed the line. Thanks for telling me so.
It’s okay, we have labradors, they are poo connoisseurs 🤢
So are butterflies. They'll sit on a pile and feast for 20 minutes at a time. At least bird parents are getting it in a strong sac.
All these comments about the end being dark is making me stop watching. I’ll pass on sad 😢 🙈
I can understand you wanting to pass on sad, Stephanie. The end isn't gory, just sad. But maybe you could watch all but the last thirty seconds. There's some good info in it.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I actually just watched the video. Without remembering I ever had five months ago. I love cardinals. I have a pair that visits me everyday. I often sit right outside to enjoy the birds, chipmunks etc. The male cardinal and usually his mate will land right next to me and snack on the sunflower seeds I put out. Love when he feeds his lady ❤️ They’re wonderful. I wish my human neighbors were as pleasant 😄 It’s a great video. I love how they mate for life and take such great care of their babies. People could learn so much from them x
@@stephaniemcmahon3808 And I’m like you, thrilled when I get to see a male cardinal feed his mate. Saw it just a week ago.
They died?
Unfortunately, yes. As I pointed out in the narrative, 60% of nestlings end up being food.
Hearing this is so sad. I just saw a nest today with 4 babies just born and I can’t imagine they won’t make it. 😭😭
Selene Selene did they make it? I had a chickadee nesting in my backyard in a nesting box and they never fledged because a house wren cracked the eggs. On a lighter note, I had a good turn out of northern cardinal fledglings in my yard this nesting season. Nesting season is very fierce and the ones who survive are very lucky.
I’m 13 and I hunt squirrels and sparrows and I accidentally shot a male cardinal and I felt so bad that I built a feeder with corn and a male a female and it’s baby flies around I was gonna build them a home now
You sure do know how to make up for your mistakes. I don't know whether Cardinals like to nest in boxes, but even if they don't, I'll bet some pair of birds will be glad to move in. I admire the actions you took.
Thank you I’m really excited I’m gonna start later today
@@scottyoutdoors1232 Let me know if birds nest in it.
People: P L E A S E, KEEP YOUR OUTDOOR CAT INSIDE! Especially during spring to protect our bird population. The cardinals are in decline. Our neighbor jokes about what his cat brings him as “gifts”. It ain’t funny! I am waiting for him to say something about it to me. I’ll ask him how funny would it be for my Dog to bring his lifeless cat to me as a “gift”? Sign, a Bird Watcher & Lover.
We had 3 baby cardinals! Thriving-7-9 days. I was so happy thinking they would all make it. Naive in my part. Our neighbor’s outside cat ate two of them. The 3rd one I found in a bromeliad plant (in its cup). My husband thought it was dead. Leave it, he yelled. I picked it up and it was still breathing. Not knowing how long he had been in there and how long it’d be before the parents felt safe to return to the nest. I dug up some earth worms and fed tiny little pieces. I QUICKLY Reinforced the nest by putting inside the same basket as in your video (I grow orchids). Waited for mom to fly back and heat the baby up (poor thing). Then I took some oak moss and covered it so no other wild life would see it (bid it well in the bushes high enough). The one baby made it and saw the 3 for a while in the backyard. The couple lives in our yard as I see them daily. I think they are getting ready to build a new nest.......
While it's true that the baby Cardinals might have been eaten by a snake, raccoon, Bluejay or Great Horned Owl, I sympathize with your complaint about the "gifts" outdoor cats bring their owners. Bird numbers are certainly suffering in this country--down by a third in the last half century! That's mostly the result, though, of loss of habitat, pesticides, and climate change. (In other words, US.)