Pyrrhuloxia aka Desert Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, south Texas, USA

Photograph by Steve Sinclair

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Male

Shining in all his glory.

March 17th, 2024

Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

Aquarian – Chapter 2

Silence arrives as those blue eyes observe an almost lifeless Avian. “ Enough, enough I need his help.” Flow through clenched teeth in knowing that the winged male deserves the punishment for deeds. She shoots a gaze up to the skies as the salvation words are spoken. “ Lower celestial, you are beckoned to collect him. Carry him to the coastal Fae. Be his breath into wellness.” The lower celestial…

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Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Photos by Rolf Nussbaumer

A Sketch A Day 5-25-2022

Bickerin’ Bots

Male pyrrholoxia on approach in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge cactus garden. January 2023

Card. Robertus Bellarminus – De arte bene moriendi (a Societate Iesu), I

De primo praecepto artis bene moriendi, quod est, ut qui cupit bene mori, bene vivat

Aggredior nunc praecepta artis bene moriendi. Distribuemus autem hanc artem in partes duas: in priore trademus praecepta, quibus utendum erit dum bene valemus; in posteriore trademus ea, quibus opus erit cum morbo periculoso laboramus, ut credibile sit mortem esse prae foribus. Ac in parte priore trademus primum praecepta quae pertinent ad virtutes; deinde ea quae pertinent ad Sacramenta: his enim duobus maxime iuvamur, tum ad bene vivendum, tum ad bene moriendum.

Sed his omnibus praeponendum esse videtur generale praeceptum, ut bene vivat qui bene mori desiderat. Nam cum nihil sit mors nisi vitae finis, certe omnis qui usque in finem bene vivit, bene moritur; neque potest male mori qui nunquam male vixit: quemadmodum etiam, qui male semper vixit, male moritur; nec potest non male mori qui numquam bene vixit.

Id quod in omnibus similibus rebus cernimus: omnis enim qui rectam viam tenet, ad locum, ad quem tendit, sine errore pertingit; contra vero qui a recta via aberrat, numquam exitum viae inveniet. Et qui diligenter in studia scientiarum incumbit, brevi doctus, vel etiam et doctor evadit; et qui scholas frequentat, sed ad percipiendas disciplinas animum non accomodat, oleum et operam perdit.

Sed obiiciet fortasse aliquis boni latronis exemplum, qui semper male vixit, et bene beateque vitam finivit. Non ita est quin potius pius ille latro pie sancteque vixit, et ea de causa pie quoque sancteque mortem obivit: nam tametsi partem vitae maiorem in sceleribus consumpserit, tamen partem aliam vitae usqueadeo sancte traduxit, ut peccata praeterita facile purgaverit et merita eximia comparaverit. Nam et charitate in Deum flagrans, Christum ab impiorum calumniis palam defendit; et charitate in proximum pariter flagrans, sodalem suum blasphemantem admonuit et corripuit, atque ad meliorem vitam revocare conatus est. Vivebat enim vitam hanc mortalem, cum sodali suo diceret: Neque tu times Deum, qui in eadem damnatione es? Et nos quidem iuste, nam digna factis recipimus: hic vero nihil male gessit. Neque mortuus erat, sed vivebat idem ipse latro, cum praeclaram illam vocem emisit, Christum confitens et invocans: Domine, memento mei cum veneris in regnum tuum. Itaque videtur hic unus fuisse ex illis qui ultimi venerunt ad vineam et ante primos accepere mercedem.

Scarlet Beauty by Deb Via Flickr: 'Scarlet Beauty' On Black

Bilateral gynandromorph Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) [x]

Pyrrhuloxia aka Desert Cardinal (Cardinalis sinuatus), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, West Texas, USA

Photograph by Matt Walter

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

March 25, 2024

Statesville, North Carolina

Aquarian - Chapter 7

The remainder of the morning fills with Aquarian answering any questions. That includes detailed statements about the two already mentioned beliefs in concern to the Divinis. Augusta then queries about what exactly had been the conversation with Astro. Aquarian told it as best as he could. It mostly included half-truths about Augusta and the creation of the new Cian.  “ Is it not correct?”…

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Male cardinals are at their reddest now during courting and before the hardships of parenting. You can see them at a distance even in the woods and when they show up in the garden they're by far the brightest color there.

Sebastian Cardinali