March 2, 2019

Love.

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102 comments:

walter said...

Wrestling with assumptions..

traditionalguy said...

The wife always reminds me the Cardinals mate for life.

traditionalguy said...

We have Fred and Fredrica couple at our feeder. But last week the wife noticed that there was a second female Cardinal with them. Stay tuned.

chickelit said...

So what kind of "couples only" party was going on in that tree earlier?

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Sweet. Mourning doves are always seen with their mates too.

Fernandinande said...

The wife always reminds me the Cardinals mate for life.

Tell the wife that they fool around when they can get away with it.

Mate Guarding and Extra-Pair Paternity in Northern Cardinals

"We studied patterns of mate guarding and paternity in 21 pairs of Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) nesting in central Kentucky. DNA fingerprinting revealed that five of 37 nestlings (13.5%) resulted from extra-pair fertilizations (EPFs). Of 19 broods sampled, three (16%) had at least one extra-pair young."

"Most male cardinals exhibited mate guarding behavior. Males maintained contact with fertile mates 72.8% of the time during initial nesting attempts and, in addition, males followed females more often than females followed males in nine of 10 pairs."

Stalkers!

Fernandinande said...

"Red coloration of male northern cardinals correlates with mate quality and territory quality"

Racists!

Art in LA said...

Home and away jerseys? The St Louis Cardinals need to make an alternate jersey using female colors! I think that would be really cool. [Note: it's funny that Blogger asks me to "Choose an identify" when I comment. They need to update the language.]

Fernandinande said...

Sweet. Mourning doves are always seen with their mates too.

If mate guarding isn't romantic, I don't know what is.

Trumpit said...

Althouse: Love.
Colonel Sanders: Lunch.
Schlump: Pinch me. I really beat that witch Hillary? Thanks, Vlad!

Snowy-white winter feathered love in Wisconsin is winsome, and wonderful.

mockturtle said...

Which one is pouting?

wendybar said...

Nice picture!!

Darrell said...

Two hours and 3 minutes of Trump at CPAC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOV1oU8K6vY

n.n said...

The juxtaposition of the beautiful plumage of male aves, and the wonderful plumage of female homo sapiens, speaks to the sex-correlated gender differences of each species.

tim in vermont said...

So basically he’s cock blocking and she’s probably fidgeting and impatient and wishing he would go check on that new feeder down the block so that she can get a minute alone with that new guy over in the sugar maple.

rhhardin said...

I'm definitely not the audience for Trump in campaign rally mode.

I'm a Trump zinger guy.

iowan2 said...

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM1rIGHRa0oRiLRe4bpuWjQ6iGBtDqiORBv8tDC

Here's some after the feeder had been empty for a couple of days. I've had as many as 6 males at one time, with some females.

Mike Sylwester said...

The Truth About the 'ISIS Bride'

Brian said...

Well done.

Choirmom34 said...

Love this so much!

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steve uhr said...
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steve uhr said...

How sweet -- reminds me of Trump and Kim. xxx

Maillard Reactionary said...

Awwwww....

rcocean said...

What does he see in her? She's so drab. If I was a Cardinal - I'd turn homo.

rcocean said...

If I was married to kathy G. - I'd also turn Homo.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

If I were married to Kathy G, I'd wake up with her severed head in my bed. But I swear - I don't recall a thing.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Mike Sylwester - I love that guy.

lifted:
Someone named Cassandra Fairbanks cleverly states a truth-fact:

"You get more of a fair shake in the MSM if you literally joined ISIS than if you're a smirking teenager in a MAGA hat."

Curious George said...

Lust.

FullMoon said...
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Tank said...

Fat boy!

Fat shaming a cardinal.

Joan said...

Beautiful photo, Althouse. It's wonderful you are using your camera again, and sharing the results with us. Thank you!

Humperdink said...

"How sweet -- reminds me of Trump and Kim. xxx"

Some presidents have negotiating skills and have a sense of timing. Other presidents just fly in pallets of cash and hope for the best.

Some presidents want NATO members to pay their fair share. Other presidents just go along to get along with their European betters and screw the US taxpayer.

Some presidents rip up NAFTA trade deals to bring back US manufacturing jobs. Other presidents throw up their hands and lecture us, saying those jobs are never coming back.

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rcocean said...

Cardinals are great, and so are Robins with their bright red breasts. most pretty of all is the scarlet macaw - which I've seen in person.

Drago said...

"How sweet -- reminds me of Trump and Kim. xxx"

Did Trump lovingly caress the inner thigh of Kim like Obambi did with medvedev as obambi promised so mush more "flexibility" after the next election?

LOL

rcocean said...

Hey Chuck -Drago wants you come out and play. Maybe you and he can attack each other.

For the 1,216th time.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...

Funny. I haven't seen any cardinals lately and I don't live that far from Althouse. I suspect it's because my nephew hung my bird feeder too low - low enough for the deer to get at it. The deer have been having a convention out there every afternoon.

So there's no food for the cardinals. Or else they've all left for spring training.

Humperdink said...

Only 1216? It seems to me the self-identified smear merchant has earned more than that.

As I recall, Meade kicked Chuck off the playground.

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Some of you people have a sick fixation on Chuck.

Humperdink said...

Speaking of sick fixations Inga, any news on the SDNY going after Trump, Trump's kids, Trump's friends, Trump's employees, Trump's business associates, Trump's accountant, Trump's lawyers, Trump's plumber, Trump's project managers, Trump's babysitters, Trump's high school classmates? Lavrentiy Beria was asking.

Quaestor said...

rhhardin wrote: I'm a Trump zinger guy.

What flavor is that? They already have chocolate, vanilla, and stawberry.

Besides you impress me more as a twinky stort of dude.

Yancey Ward said...

Who thinks Justin Trudeau is finished? What a catastrophic fall.

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Howard said...

This just in, Trump has sleep apnea, went on CPAP for 2-hours

Ralph L said...

The muskrats are doing it under the evergreens.

Humperdink said...

"Who thinks Justin Trudeau is finished?"

I have been following this off and on. I think he'll try to hang on for dear life. However, if the former AG's testimony gets corroborated he'll go down in flames. Likely, IMO.

Humperdink said...

December 12, 2018 Headline: Incoming NY attorney general vows to go after 'anyone' linked to Trump

Banana republic stuff.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/incoming-ny-attorney-general-vows-to-go-after-anyone-linked-to-trump

FullMoon said...

Re: Chuck. Not gonna lie, I have come around to enjoying Chucks idiocy, especially since Drago pointed out the Leave it to Beaver/Eddie Haskell slimey kiss up to AA preceeding repetitious nonsense..

Who can forget the Great Pecan Pie fiasco which had Chuck vociferously defending his attack on Sarah Huckabee Carter for possibly taking credit for an assembly line manufactured Pecan Pie?

A matter so important that Chuck was moved to take next available freeway exit in order to pull over and e-mail AA personally to bring the dastardly deed to her attention and "suggest" she post about it.

When mildly corrected by the AA commeteriat, Chuck went to extraordinary lengths to justify his unfortunate leap to an incorrect conclusion.

In a half day of back and forth comments, poor innocent Chuck never realized he was the butt of an inside joke.as bullies like Drago and others continued to rake him over the coals.

In Fibber McGee and Molly, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve had been a pompous windbag and antagonist of Fibber McGee.

Drago said...

Howard: "This just in, Trump has sleep apnea, went on CPAP for 2-hours"

I too miss Gilda Radner as "Emily Litella". Thank you for your homage to her.

Drago said...

Inga: "Some of you people have a sick fixation on Chuck"

Its understandable that lunatic leftists and their LLR lap poodles arw uncomfortable living under the rules they create.

Nor is Inga's and the other leftist's reflexive, immediate and passionate defense of LLR Chuck controversial.

Teammates should stick up for each other.

Yancey Ward said...

"Who can forget the Great Pecan Pie fiasco which had Chuck vociferously defending his attack on Sarah Huckabee Carter for possibly taking credit for an assembly line manufactured Pecan Pie?"

From the vaults of "Too Funny To Be True............But Is."

Yancey Ward said...

Bernard, maybe you can go find Hillary's deleted e-mails- look at David Kendall's accounts.


Herr Mueller,.....just kidding!

Inga...Allie Oop said...

Trump hugging the flag at CPAC, awwwwww... that was quite 2 hour performance!

stevew said...

"Love."

And commitment.

Yancey Ward said...

That is what beat Hillary- she didn't even have the stamina for a 2 hour alcohol induced blackout.

madAsHell said...

Ya' know......I'm almost ready to believe that AOC wasn't elected, but appointed. She's there to move the window of discourse (Overton window) for Pelosi.

She is just too stupid to have any other value.

Yancey Ward said...

Follow the money, and it might lead back to Trump, madAsHell.

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Drago said...

Hugging the American flag is indeed horrific and must be stamped out.

Thank you Inga.

I have taken the liberty of forwarding that picture to the Special Counsel's office and the democrat House leadership so that it can be fully investigated.

After all, with the collapse of the democrat op/collusion hoax, the hoax PP tape stories, the hoax obstruction lies, the hoax Trump paid for abortions/Trump beats Melania hoax/Trump has a love child hoax, the dems need more stuff.

Humperdink said...

Every time someone mentions Trump's energy, I visualize Hillary stumbling into that van.

FullMoon said...

As the Caines Captain Queeg fixated on the "missing strawberries" Chuck fixated on the "crimping of the pie crust", with numerous links,youtube videos, jpegs, charts, graphs and comments from leftist twitter users.

Yancey Ward said...

Since when is stumbling the same as being tossed like a sack of of potatoes?

Inga...Allie Oop said...

“Hugging the American flag is indeed horrific and must be stamped out.”

Who says?

Yancey Ward said...
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Yancey Ward said...

The only thing missing from Chuck's logical analyses of the pie scandal was the invoking of geometry.

Humperdink said...

"Since when is stumbling the same as being tossed like a sack of of potatoes?"

Maybe yours is more accurate. Hilarious nonetheless.

rcocean said...

Oh, how I miss chuck. why even when he's gone, the Althouse commentators can't keep wishing he was here. He was so Handsome. So strong. So Chuck. Sigh. Please Chuck. the Althouse Chicks want you to show up - so they can moon over your big intellectual muscles and play fight.

LOL!

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

Love
The Cardinal Rule
1 Cor 13

Meade said...

My peeps!

Molly said...

(eaglebeak)

Hard to imagine birds kissing with their little pointy beaks, but they obviously want to. Cardinals are very sweet. The birds, that is. Not so sure about the churchmen.

Mark said...

Riddle me this:

Bird lays an egg.
Is said bird a boy bird or girl bird?

FullMoon said...

An inexpensive bottle of supermarket Scotch has reportedly emerged victorious in the first round of the World Whiskies Awards, specifically in the “Scotch Blended 12 years & under” category.

Queen Margot Blended Scotch Whisky, which currently sells for 13.49 pounds, or just under $18, bested competitors in its category, including Johnnie Walker Black Label and Islay Mist, Forbes reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/18-supermarket-scotch-wins-first-round-category-at-world-whiskies-awards

Howard said...

Trump hugging the flag akin to The Reverend Jesse Jackson rubbing MLKs blood on his shirt.

Drago said...
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Drago said...

Howard: "Trump hugging the flag akin to The Reverend Jesse Jackson rubbing MLKs blood on his shirt."

Obviously, since both involve the color red.

I have a dream that soneday we will be judged by the character we exhibit while hugging the American flag and not by how effectively we smear the blood of an American Icon across our chest for political advantage.

Oops. I wrote "smear" which is very much a "Bat Signal" to Chuck to begin attacking conservatives.

Tommy Duncan said...

Blogger Yancey Ward said...

"The only thing missing from Chuck's logical analyses of the pie scandal was the invoking of geometry."

Ah, but the pie crust, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist, and I've had produced that key if they hadn't pulled the Caine out of action.

rcocean said...

Hey Chuck, your "girlfriends" want you to come out and play. Drago and Tommy.

iowan2 said...

I have taken the liberty of forwarding that picture to the Special Counsel's office and the democrat House leadership so that it can be fully investigated.

My brothers hydraulic mechanic used to crew with a guy that works at the starbucks frequented by the babysitter for one of the staffers on the House Intelligence Committee. It's a sure thing that Schiff has prepared a subpoena for the flag that President Trump sexually assaulted. The interview will surpass the historic interview, conducted by the President of the NRA with an empty chair.

Inga...Allie Oop said...

“Hey Chuck, your "girlfriends" want you to come out and play. Drago and Tommy.“

Don’t forget Full Loony.

They can’t live without him.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

look at their synchronized stare

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other,
but in looking outward together in the same direction."


Antoine de Saint-Exupery

FullMoon said...

Young Love, or Elderly Lust?


Inga said
Hey Ritmo, just how young are you? I guess I could embrace being a cougar.
2011, 10:09 PM

Ken B said...

Trudeau’s done

Drago said...

Ken B: "Trudeau’s done"

"Unpossible"!!

Inga herself declared Li'l Justin the "Real Leader Of The Free World", thus consigning him to a shortened tenure and ignominious defeat.

Such is the Inga "Real Leader Of The Free World"-designation Kiss of Political Death.

FullMoon said...

Inga flirts !


Inga said...
Methadras, you are such a creepy creep. Do you honestly think for one second that I or anyone here cares what you think about me? You are obviously obsessed with me, that is sick, sick, sick.

I have nothing to hide. I live happily in a huge gorgeous house my husband and I renovated and raised our four children in, in an upscale area in a very conservative county. I have many conservative friends and a very loving family, my significant other is a conservatove, LOL!

I worked hard as an LPN for many years before getting my BSN and then MSN from Marquette University in Milwaukee. I had spinal surgery in 2006 and my issues with my spine have resolved and I'm back to work on an on-call basis. I'm 61 years old and in very good shape for my age and enjoy my garden and home on our lake and my four grandchildren.

My four children adore me and get a kick out of their Mom's "hobby" of annoying conservative online. They do however think some of you are creeps and I should be careful. So if I come up dead, it WOULD be Methadras you should look at first.

ANYTHING else any of you stalker prone folks want to know, besides my address and phone number feel free to ask!
2013

Josephbleau said...

Meade the cardinal peeps are:

cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote-dote", "purdy, purdy, purdy...whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit", "what-cheer, what-cheer... wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet.

I know them from my earthy childhood. Along with grasshopper tobacco and catching honey bees in a 48 count crayon can. Jay birds are, however, mean; but like to eat berries you leave them.

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Humperdink said...

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Ken B said...

Double whoops

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Big Mike said...

But if you could overhear them, the female is complaining that she could have married a robin and spent her winters down on the Gulf coast instead of in the snows of Madison.

pacwest said...

"ANYTHING else any of you stalker prone folks want to know, besides my address and phone number feel free to ask!
2013"

I've never considered myself the stalking type, but I am curious. Have you always been liberal? What were your your parent's political leanings? Have you ever voted Republican? Since it's pretty obvious that you will not change people's minds here, and the amount of disdain you garner,why do you even post here? Since 99% of your comments are concerned with the investigations into Trump and Republicans in general, are there any policies he has instituted you agree with? Since you and your husband worked hard to get where you are I assume it took fiscal discipline. What are your views on government overspending? Are you in line with Cook that military spending should be slashed? How about SS Medicaid(care)? What sound fiscal policies do you propose? Lastly I am perplexed by both your and Chuck's over the top hatred of Trump. What is it about?

walter said...

The both are simply wishing, seeking their next morsel of sustenance.
Sorry

Amadeus 48 said...

Hey, Inga--you are the greatest. I am glad you are doing so well. Don't ever go away.

walter said...

Yeah yeah!
She's here pissing on conservatives and her conservative fam applaud her Ignacity.
BELIEVE!!!

Ty said...

We love the cardinals here in upstate NY. The only problem is when a hyper-territorial male finds his reflection in our windows. One crazy cardinal attacked my bay window for 6-8 hours every day for an entire summer! We named him Steve.

rhhardin said...

Trevor Noah apologizes for what joke about the india pakistan war? Can't find it. It's said to be not funny.

I assume it involved powerball tickets. A convenience-store accent always makes it funny.

BUMBLE BEE said...

walter... Agreed!

narciso said...

I was trying to link about the panther trial in new haven last night

Deep State Reformer said...

Great photo.

mezzrow said...

I get it. You look good in gray, Althouse.