Female Cardinal Excited for Spring
by Darren Fisher
Title
Female Cardinal Excited for Spring
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful capture of one of our female Cardinals that hangs out in the woods by our home. I captured her while she was waiting her turn for the feeders. I edited the image with textures and digital effects to give the photo the look of a painting and sized it into a square format. The northern cardinal is a territorial song bird. The male sings in a loud, clear whistle from the top of a tree or another high location to defend his territory. He will chase off other males entering his territory. He may mistake his image on various reflective surfaces as an invading male, and will fight his reflection relentlessly. The northern cardinal learns its songs, and as a result the songs vary regionally. Mated pairs often travel together. Both sexes sing clear, whistled song patterns, which are repeated several times, then varied. Some common phrases are described as "cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote-dote", "purdy, purdy, purdy...whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit", "what-cheer, what-cheer... wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet" and "cheer, cheer, cheer, what, what, what, what". The northern cardinal has a distinctive alarm call, a short metallic chip sound. This call often is given when predators approach the nest, in order to give warning to the female and nestlings.[4] In some cases it will also utter a series of chipping notes. The frequency and volume of these notes increases as the threat becomes greater. This chipping noise is also used by a cardinal pair to locate each other, especially during dusk hours when visibility wanes.
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April 10th, 2017
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Comments (24)
Michael Durst
This is so beautifully done. You have taken an incredible capture and then transformed it into an outstanding work of art with its colors, composition and simplicity of form. Well done, Darren
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations on being chosen for the big Feature, Elvis Pick of the Week, Your artwork was chosen to be FEATURED in this HOT spot on our homepage for this week. A truly lovely piece of artwork for all the world to view and enjoy. Thanks much for sharing! Randy “Elvis” Rosenberger Administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group
Don Columbus
Congratulations Darren, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
HH Photography of Florida
A beautiful little female Cardinal and lovely texturing, Darren. Nice work. l/fv/tw
Anita Faye
Darren, wonderful portrait! Featured on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Nikolyn McDonald
I love the composition here with the bird taking center stage and just the bit of tree trunk and single branch to add context. Beautifully painted, Darren.