Scarlet and White

About one inch/2.5 cm of snow fell, and had a nice hike in the snow this morning. Tromped around Eagle Ridge disc golf course for over an hour with the usual birds present:  juncos, mourning doves, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, chickadees, brown creepers, and cardinals.  There was one bird call I could not identify in the woods north of the Oswego township highway department driveway.

I was amazed how well the cardinals fly through the underbrush. Could hear them all around me, but most of the time could not see them. The cardinal in the photo was a little more fearless than the others, and in addition to posing in the brush he foraged on the ground nearby.

Photographed and identified one new bird, a white-throated sparrow, but decided to go for the prettiest picture for today's blip. The sparrow is posted as an extra.