When did you take this photo?
March 1, 2009
Where did you take this photo?
Salineno, Texas
How do you attract northern cardinals to your backyard?
Guide Tips for Attracting Northern Cardinals:
- Provide ample food including black oil sunflower seeds, nuts and cracked corn, preferably in open tray or ground feeders.
- Have a bird bath available for drinking and bathing.
- Provide ample shrubby cover and hardwood trees (northern cardinals are shy birds).
Tips and Tricks
- Male cardinals are tricky to photograph, since it's hard to get a sharp focus on their solid red bodies. I don't have a trick for that; I just take as many photos as I can and hope I get lucky.
Melissa Mayntz, Birding / Wild Birds Guide, says:
Photographing birds can be tricky, but taking a lot of photographs is a great way to test different settings, angles, light levels and other factors to discover what can work best.
See the complete northern cardinal profile.
