In observance of Mother’s Day, we’d like to commend the female cardinal who is zealously guarding her nest right outside our kitchen window.

Over the past few weeks we have watched spellbound as the cardinal pair carefully built a nest just a few feet from our window.  Admittedly, the nest doesn’t look like much.  Apparently, cardinals aren’t the Frank Lloyd Wrights of the avian world.  But it works, and now there are a couple of eggs in there.

Female cardinal on nest.

With eggs to defend, Mrs. Cardinal hardly ever leaves the nest.  And when she does go out, she is back in a few minutes.  Mr. Cardinal also stays close, and he stops by the nest every now and then to see how things are going.

As with everything else, there are two ways to look at this.  One, while Mr. Cardinal is hard at work doing important cardinal stuff, Mrs. Cardinal is home all day sitting around the house.

Or, Mrs. Cardinal is hard at work taking care of the house and the kids all day and night while Mr. Cardinal is out with his bird-brained friends.

Since it’s Mother’s Day, we’ll give Mrs. Cardinal credit for keeping everything running smooth at home.

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

                                                                – Abraham Lincoln

(Lincoln quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/mothersday )

May 13, 2018