Of all the birds that come around to the feeders, the male cardinal has the poorest camouflage in our Sonoran desert environment. When he does show up, we ask each other, jokingly, “Where’s Waldo?” The goldfinches feeding on Nyjer seed bags in the foreground aren’t much more subtle with their bright yellow breast feathers. Click on the image to enlarge.
I didn’t know they lived out there!
Yep, there are alot of them around here. A couple of families.
Our NFL team is named the Arizona Cardinals. 🙂
See, I would have expected something more like a Scrub Jay.
I always associate Cardinals with big trees, like back in the midwest.
Guess I don’t know much about birds other than I enjoy watching them.
We seem to have everything from hummingbirds to herons and from ospreys to owls. A good visual reference with over 200 pix:
http://phoenix.about.com/od/arizonapicturesandphotos/ig/Birds-of-Phoenix/