Cardinals

Chilling In The Sunlight

At first I thought she was hurt but after awhile of observing, realized she simply chose to nap on the side of the bird bath in the late afternoon sunlight. She stayed there about an hour. Mostly her eyes were closed but here I got her with them open.
Female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

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