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Cardinal courting (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Mar 2025 OP
Have the males begun dweller Mar 2025 #1
Yes. The birds of war are on the wing Mousetoescamper Mar 2025 #3
In the backyard the males dweller Mar 2025 #4
Yep, it's springtime all right. Love those birds. Walleye Mar 2025 #2
Love and war are in the air Mousetoescamper Mar 2025 #5

dweller

(26,828 posts)
1. Have the males begun
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:35 PM
Mar 2025

Midair bird fights yet , or attacking your car’s side view mirrors ?

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Mousetoescamper

(6,400 posts)
3. Yes. The birds of war are on the wing
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:44 PM
Mar 2025

Blurry shots of males fighting over the female featured in the photo above.


Beak-to-beak combat

dweller

(26,828 posts)
4. In the backyard the males
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:50 PM
Mar 2025

Would fly at each other from 20-30 yards away and meet in middle for those skirmishes , really vicious looking
My neighbor had to cover car’s sideviews bc the males would peck repeatedly at their reflections … never breaking them but smearing them badly

Mating wars have begun


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