Cue the Disney Music

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Admittedly the following pictures are a bit blurry but I feel some things are better seen blurry rather than not at all and this is something I just had to share. It was impossible to miss seeing two male Cardinals flying circles around each other in my backyard this morning. They were so persistent it was inspiring. As it occurred to me that there was a greater motivation other than play at work here, I noticed this on the branch in the tree just above them:

She sat in the Cherry tree overlooking their show and then slowly turned her head, looked directly into my camera as if to say, "Do you believe this?" Soon after, she took cover under a thorny rose bush pretending to be invisible. Just as she tried ducking out of sight, her elusion didn't last long - as evidenced by one of the male's flyovers. Pretty impressive eh? You might remember I posted a photo of another Cardinal hanging out by the barbecue last May. I take comfort in the fact that they will remain at least until then, giving me plenty of time to set up my tripod.