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Question: Was the male giving the female seed?
I ask because my birdfeeder camera often captures our male feeding his mate, and I was puzzled when I first saw it. Is this normal behaviour?
Hate to burst your bubble but according to the link you supplied, they in fact do not mate for life (always).
Cardinal Relationships: Bonded, but not Always for Life
Male and female cardinals don’t necessarily mate for life. Although pairs may stay together for multiple years, they do sometimes seek out new mates. One study of a cardinal population in Ohio found that 20 percent of pairs separated during the breeding season and 10 percent more split up over the winter.
Male cardinals feed females when courting them and again when the female is incubating and can’t forage for herself.
What a gentleman! 😁
Still not as dramatic as Jacek Stankiewicz’s wildlife photo, ‘Dispute’.
“I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest. Young greenfinch was still fed by parents. However, from time to time birds looked like having argument. My friends interpret this scene in two ways. 1 A young naughty kid is arguing with a parent. 2. One kid is reporting to the parent that its brother did something wrong: look he has broken the glass in the window.”
The drama! The sass! 😂 Sometimes you take a picture and it’s just gold.
