| Great pic. Love all the cardinals, TOO !! Wish I had a pic to show, too !! Woke this morning to "the big snowstorm" and was so surprised. I always open my BR blinds to look out onto my porch and then out to the Sheppard’s hook with the feeders and birdbath out front. Couldn't believe I had doves sitting on the arm of my porch couch and on the table in front of it, too !! I guess they know me so well and were wondering where the feed was that I always throw down for them by the feeders !!?? But to have them that close to my window -- it was amazing !! So I bundled up and put down some feed but also filled some plant saucers on the porch, along with a dish of hot water (and I boiled some for the birdbath, which froze up quickly again). And I ended up with more cardinals than I've ever seen -- right on my porch !! Not as many as you, but still....it was amazing. Then the juncos came up. I never see them out front. They usually stay in the leaves on the side. By the time the word got out, I had several cardinals and juncos and doves just eating and hanging out. One dove decided to puff up and just take a nap on the arm of my couch and another on the table. Towards evening, there were 4 doves doing that. I can't describe the feeling of seeing them being so trusting. I also had a Carolina Wren visit my "porch feeders" as well as a catbird (and the typical sparrows, but not that many, surprisingly). But the multitude of cardinals was what amazed me. And they are our State bird, yet I hardly ever see more than one or two at a time. What a beautiful site. And boy could they all eat. Starlings, sparrows, pigeons, blackbirds, downy woodpeckers, black-capped chickadees, as well as the others I mentioned out at the feeders and on the ground. Like you said, it was a continual feeding frenzy ALL DAY LONG at the feeders, as well as at the suet feeders and fruit & seed bells that the downy woodpeckers love. Eventually I had to take the suet and bells down to stop the starlings from fighting and taking over. It took a lot of trips outside in that silly weather to keep those feeders filled during the day (and even until dusk). But it was WELL worth it !!! | 
