On Monday, June 16, 2014 8:48:46 PM UTC-7, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
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> > It's a pileated woodpecker. Looks like it got stuck in the 1980's with
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> I went to LaCrosse, WI for my granddaughter's graduation. I hadn't been
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> out of Nevada for many years. I saw my first cardinal. I imagined that
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> they were the size of jays. They're a red sparrow with a crest.
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> Nevertheless, it was the most important bird on my bucket list.
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> I'd put a pileated woodpecker second.
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> leo


I can't find your original post, Leo, the one where you said seeing a cardinal was on your bucket list so I will respond to this one.

Imagine my surprise! I too have been wanting to see a cardinal. I hadn't ever seen one either so when we planned our trip to New York in March, I was determined that we would find one. And we did!
So exciting, they are beautiful! My pictures came out meh because they are so flibbertigibbety

Glad you spotted one too!

Nellie