POTD: Female Northern Cardinal with Food

Female Northern Cardinal with food for her nestlings.

Female Northern Cardinal with food for her nestlings.

A mated pair of Northern Cardinals raised their spring brood in our yard. This female with food in her mouth landed in a nearby tree before flying into a bush to feed her nestlings.

Photo Data: Canon 7D. Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 400 mm. 1/125 sec,  f/8,  ISO 400. Due to the field of view crop, a 400 mm focal length on the cropped sensor of a Canon 7D provides a 35 mm equivalent focal length of 640 mm.

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Field of View Crop explained.

Northern Cardinal information from “All About Birds”, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.