I realize that cardinals are a fairly common bird around these parts (New York) but I had never seen more of them than I did down in southern Texas. Here are just a few of the shots that I took. The first and third were taken in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, while the middle one was taken at Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park. These are all males. Oddly enough, I didn’t see quite as many of the females around.