Chirp

The patriarch of the cardinals in my garden can be identified by the scar on his beak. This photo is cropped to 5x7 for the sale of cards, because cardinal cards sell. "Chirp", as I call him, has been the model in my best selling cards, due to his vibrant breast and attitude of ownership. I feed him expensive cardinal seed purchased from a bird-watching pal who owns the store where my cards sell. In fact, the sale of the cards pays for the seed that Chirp eats, so he is a self-employed bird in his own right. I have found that the cards we can buy over Deviant Art are the best quality I can get for the money. Photograph taken in my in my garden in Kansas City, in beautiful soft light.