- Aperture: ƒ/6.3
- Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
- Taken: 1 March, 2013
- Focal length: 300mm
- ISO: 200
- Shutter speed: 1/80s

Cinnamon Teal
Two sets in as many days. Not a bad haul. Not really post worthy but due to inquiries… here you go. Aperture: ƒ/7.1 Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i Taken: 22 March, 2013 Focal length: 300mm ISO: 400 Shutter speed: 1/400s

What are you looking at?
This is the same guy that landed on my hat back on Dec 29th. It is him or his twin. =) He stares back at me as if to say, “What are you looking at?” The cardinals are thick through the Mineral Wells, Texas area. Aperture: ƒ/5.6 Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i Taken: 5 January, […]

Yard Sitting and Medicinal drinking
Hi Guys! I spent the night in the hospital, courtesy of an over-active blood pressure and high cholesterol. Yes! Hospital stays always make for a fun time. Fun! Fun! Fun! Kind of like a cruise. Same constant unwanted attention; yet, minus the big body of water, food and ambiance. I managed to capture several massive […]

Cardinals in Dusky Mineral Wells
As you can see, the light is gone in Mineral Wells as it should be this time of evening. I could not resist the urge to grab a few shots of my sickly looking juvenile Northern Cardinal. About this time every evening, I am visited by this young Cardinal that looks as if he has […]

Cardinals are heating up
It was a slow day at the feeders, but the Northern Cardinals have finally returned. The day was extremely hot and muggy. I arrived home, waded through the two dogs, kissed the wife, grabbed the XS-1 and stepped outside. The heat hit me full force and caused me to rethink my wisdom or lack thereof. […]

The Northern Cardinal
The Northern Cardinal is now checked off my Region 2 bird checklist for Palo Pinto county. The goal now is to get better photographs. How did I draw the bird into my yard? I put out some Black-oil seed. It works like a charm. She was very wary, but she did arrive. I scrunched down […]