Photograph of a male cardinal perched on a slender tree branch amid a tangle of small branches with patches of morning blue sky in the background. The cardinal is facing left in profile with its left eye looking in the camera's direction. Male cardinals have brown legs and feet with grasping claws, red feathers with darker red on their back, wings, and tail, an orange beak, dark eyes, a black mask that wraps from top of the beak to its neck, and a crest on the top of their head that can be raised or lowered. When viewed from the front, the crest tapers from the top of the bird's head into a conical shape with a sharp tip.

Photograph of a male cardinal perched on a slender tree branch amid a tangle of small branches with patches of morning blue sky in the background. The cardinal is facing left in profile with its left eye looking in the camera's direction. Male cardinals have brown legs and feet with grasping claws, red feathers with darker red on their back, wings, and tail, an orange beak, dark eyes, a black mask that wraps from top of the beak to its neck, and a crest on the top of their head that can be raised or lowered. When viewed from the front, the crest tapers from the top of the bird's head into a conical shape with a sharp tip.

A Hermit Thrush is perched on an oak branch looking up and to the right. The bird is over brownish red, with a white breast speckled with brown dots. The eye has a faint white ring, the bill is sharp with a black tip and yellow base. Ther background is blurred orange and yellow from fall leaves.

A Hermit Thrush is perched on an oak branch looking up and to the right. The bird is over brownish red, with a white breast speckled with brown dots. The eye has a faint white ring, the bill is sharp with a black tip and yellow base. Ther background is blurred orange and yellow from fall leaves.