Cardinals

Yesterday I met a few cardinals. They were both males, which is probably the only reason I knew they were cardinals. As Christie and I were waiting for the van to pick us up for church one landed in a tree above us. It was whistling, so I whistled back. We had a nice long conversation, about five minutes long. He completely outdid me with one of his calls. It was like a chortle, which is like impossible to whistle. He finally figured out he wasn't finding a mate very quickly so he moved on. The other cardinal was very brief in his stay. I saw him as I was walking back to my dorm from supper and gave him a few whistles but he didn't answer. I guess he was more popular than the other one or something. He definitely was brighter red. But regardless it was fun to see them whether they wanted to see me or not.