Yesterday afternoon when it was snowing so hard, I kept looking out the kitchen windows - thinking I might see some birds at the feeders.  But there weren't any on the deck or at the feeder by the side window.  And then when I looked out about 4:30, I thought I saw something in the bush next to my neighbor's house.  But it seemed tucked way back in the bush and it was starting to get dark, so I wasn't sure if there really was something there or not. 

Finally I went to get my camera and zoomed way in on the bush.  And there was a cardinal.  So I got my tripod and tried to take some pictures.  The first 5 (or 10, or 20) were just a blur with white streaks (the snow) and a dark reddish blob.  A kazillion pictures later, (thank goodness for digital cameras) I was able to get something that I could recognized as a cardinal. 

Today about noon there was a lull in the snow.  I noticed a cardinal hanging out on the fence right next to the bush.  Of course, there's no way to know if it was the same one I saw yesterday, but I'd like to think it was.

Photos ©Jane Hogan