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Originally posted by Dreamerx4:
What steroids do you use?

Showing care and generosity to another living creature is always awesome in my book, thanks!

Just some bute. Hard to mix for such a tiny bird, but he's doing MUCH better this morning.

To catch him, I'll just cover the windows and turn out the lights.

How's it doin this morning?

Good on you. What a great story. The Pics are great.

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Originally posted by r0gue:
How's it doin this morning?

He's in a pet box and we are going back to where I found him and going to release him much further back in the neighborhood.

I fed him up with Kaytee Exact formula to get him off to a good start for the day.

His feathers look a little worse for wear, but he will be fine. He just got a good thumping and it disoriented him for the evening. His position on the road would have meant certain death.

He growls and bites when I handle him. Excellent news. I hope he learned from this experience.

Well done Sir!

Thanks for caring.

Well done Sir

[quote]He growls and bites when I handle him. Excellent news.

Cool!

You're a good man Mars. Too many people would have just driven on and never given it a second thought.

Jim

Well done.

I have a lot of cardinals in the back yard as well as always see large numbers of them while walking and riding on the Big Creek Greenway from Roswell to Cumming.

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
Timely thread, I hit one today and it exploded into a mess of feathers and explody bird bits.

Moderated Staus, seven days, for going out of your way to act like an asshole, and it ought to be thirty days. Don't let me see this kind of shit from you again.

Great Job..........We don't have Cardinals here and I've never seen a live one in my life.

Good on yuh, Mars. You will be blessed for comforting one of God's creatures! Cardinals are one of my favorite...beautiful birds. There's a couple near my house and I've seen the female rummage around under the bushes in my front plant beds. Never heard a bird growl, though...

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I just put out more seeds for the Cardinals and Doves and a few more. They are busy with our hurricane coming.

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Originally posted by SIGGUY (THE 1ST):
Great job! That is either an immature Male or a female.

Or maybe (s)he self-identifies as non-cisgender, or is "transitioning?"

That's great, Mars. That's one lucky bird!

The Cardinal is our state bird (WV)
A cut & paste:
States that have cardinal as the state bird

As mentioned before, there are seven states that proudly have cardinals as the state birds: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. All these states chose their state bird in a similar way, but we will cover them all, focusing on the year they made a decision and some specifics regarding making it.

1. Illinois

Illinois was the first state to declare the northern cardinal as the state bird. This happened at the General Assembly in 1929, following the event in 1928, where school children suggested choosing the cardinal as the state bird.

2. Indiana

Indiana was the next state to name cardinal as the state bird at the General Assembly in 1933.

3. Ohio

In the same year, cardinals were designated as state birds in Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, General Provisions, Chapter 5 State Insignia: 5.03. Official State Bird).

4. Kentucky

Firstly, the northern cardinal became the state bird of Kentucky in 1926, but it became official during the legislative session in 1942.

5. North Carolina

In North Carolina State, the cardinal was selected by popular choice on March 4, 1943.

6. West Virginia

In the declaring the cardinal as the official state bird participated pupils of public schools and civic organization. The decision was authorized by House Concurrent Resolution No. 12, adopted by the Legislature on March 7, 1949.

7. Virginia

Finally, the State of Virginia adopted cardinal as the state bird on 25th January in 1950, making it seven states in total that have northern cardinal as the state bird.

Excellent, Mars!

They are a pretty bird. We have a large evergreen not too far from the kitchen window. In the winter with some snow on the branches, the males look like Christmas ornaments.

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Originally posted by SW_Sig:
Well done.

I have a lot of cardinals in the back yard as well as always see large numbers of them while walking and riding on the Big Creek Greenway from Roswell to Cumming.

I found him on Houze and Hembree, just past Mansell.

When I returned him this afternoon, you can hear them everywhere. I drove up into the neighborhood behind the road and dropped him off. I opened the pet box and he popped out like a champagne cork.

We feed them and they are in our yard all day every day.

Live near Sergeant and Jones Bridge.