Our first white Christmas in 10 years here in Arkansas - memories of the home country... A balmy 23F or -5C without the windchill.

Northern Cardinal:

Link to EXIF, since the drop down menus don't cover all apertures and shutter speeds.

Here is the summary for the EXIF:
Date Taken 2009-12-25 15:50:29
PENTAX K10D
Exposure Time 0.002s (1/500)
Aperture f/7.1
ISO 250
Focal Length 600mm (900mm in 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 3872 x 2592

Here's the crop inserted into the original post:



Hope you enjoyed this image - Merry Christmas everyone!



Cheers,
Marc

[Marc Langille]

Great shot Marc. Other than your image I haven't seen a Cardinal all winter. Thanks for sharing.

Tom G

Gosh, these are from the end of Feb. - oops. It makes sense though, since I was prepping to leave for Colorado Springs for 12 days, plus I was only 3 weeks post-arthroscopic knee surgery. Time flies!

Tom, thanks for the comments: I still have the Cardinals visiting - at least 2 pair. At the height of winter I counted 5 male/female pairs and one odd-out male = 11 at one time!

Cheers,
Marc