On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:09:26 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 6/1/2012 8:46 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
>> residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
>> (paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg
>
>Beautiful photos! I seem to have a single father cardinal here. He's
>very vocal and is all over the place not sure if he's looking for his
>mate but I haven't seen a female. I've heard the babies and they're in a
>shrub out front but the male sits outside my bedroom window often
>scaring my cats by flying almost into it and circling and then landing
>either on the gutter above or on the railing of the stairs to my deck
>which is right outside the bedroom window. He'll see one or two cats
>sitting there looking out and he's been known to fly toward the window
>and whatever cat is on the perch at the bedroom window will look out,
>scared I might add, and then leave the window. I've seen him feeding
>babies because as soon as he goes toward the shrub I hear them start to
>chirp quickly. He seems to be a good dad but I'm sad if he lost his
>mate. I think at least one has left the nest because of the wing
>movement babies have. When they leave the nest they seem to be just as
>big as the adults.
>
>I have an outdoor screened in porch for the cats and the male doesn't
>like when their outside. He doesn't leave until the cats are in. He
>sits on the fence nearby and chirps his cardinal chirp at them and
>flutters around nervously.

You need to take pictures.