28 birdsandblooms.com SEPTEMBER EXTRA 2019
BACKYARD TALES
It rained the day
I hung up this new bird
feeder. I hadn’t seen
many birds because of
the rain, but later found
this cardinal—a bit wet
and taking shelter under
the eave of my feeder.
I love the color and his
beautiful profile.
Stephanie Schick
HOUSTON, TEXASI used a Nikon D5200
camera to capture this
photo of a dahlia at White
House Fruit Farm in
Canfield, Ohio. I took so
many photos of different
flowers that day, but this
one is my favorite. There’s
so much depth to the
flower even though it
is not fully bloomed.
Noel Mangino
PULASKI, PENNSYLVANIA