I was pleased to get a picture of the female cardinal I saw this afternoon (see below). I know cardinals are fairly common, but in our yard anything that isn’t a blackbird or dove is a welcome change! We also saw two Loggerhead Shrikes. I’ve seen them before but never gotten close enough to identify them, and then today I heard them sing and now I’m sure they are shrikes. Now I’ll have to try to get a good picture.
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female cardinal