I work as a manager in a grocery store and a cardinal came in thought the back dock and lived there for over a year before we were forced to have him caught and released. We named him Marty and everyone fed him. I gave him fresh fruits and vegetables and he would land on me to eat. He grew to know the sound of me whistling And would come flying. I miss the little guy :/

Can we talk about how expert this bird is at eating sunflower seeds?

This bird is a paid actor.

you can tell how much this Cardinal trusts you by how often it's crest is lowered, it clearly trusts you and feels very comfortable near you!

not only does the bird get a free feed but it also enjoys the underfoot heating as well lol

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, But this Cardinal is priceless!😀👍🏼🕊

Remarkable ! Cardinals are usually so wary. This must be the result of great patience and persistence.

Wow! & being one of THE most Skittish Birds, too. Only a person with Good Energy, a Calm Mind & a Kind Heart could make a Cardinal feel so trusting.

Since pandemic, I have been spending lots of time in yard and birds are getting more comfortable with me. Blue birds come within a couple feet of me now when I puttin meal worms out for them. Blue Jays come with maybe 5 feet of me and several Cardinals just seem to not pay much attention to me at all . Even rabbit lets me walk within a couple feet of him with my little dog walking along. I think they just need time to get used to you. Now they all take off if a stranger comes around. Blue birds for sure like me best.

That’s just amazing. He stayed with you for so long. I’m really in awe because cardinals are usually quite shy around people.

He’s so handsome 🥰

Very handsome male cardinal in your hand! ❤

Im late but there was a hearwarming story about a lady who had a sister who loved cardinals and said 'if she died she wanted to be one' ... she passed from cancer... and a few months later they find a cardal sitting on her sisters window they pick it up and try to make it fly... but it says in her hand!😮

Never seen a cardinal be so comfortable with the camera tord it’s face so close lol also what a gorgeous cardinal😍😍😍

This is amazing. If I even look at a Cardinal they fly away.

Does he know you? He's awfully comfortable staying on your hand.

He's gorgeous! Cardinals are one of my favorite birds 😊 What a great capture!

I'm pretty sure there's someone hand feeding birds near my home. I was sitting on the porch enjoying the day and a chickadee flew up and landed on my knee, then waited patiently while I stared at him in amazement. I've honestly been carrying sunflower seeds in my pocket since. I hope to see him again.

So beautiful! It's wonderful that the beautiful cardinal trusted a human enough to eat from his hand. Loved this!!!

Great video As a bird lover I approve

This the real angry birds...very beautiful bird

This amazing Video was posted YEARS AGO & I STILL come back to it now & then just to watch this sweet Bird. If I had that sort of success with a Cardinal I truly would feel I've accomplished something UNIQUELY spectacular & special in my Life! (Sh! don't tell my Kids!)

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!🤗❤💜❤💜❤ A true miracle these beautiful birds are very elusive!

What a beautiful bird- Great camera footage, up close and personal!

this is beautiful

So pretty 😍 especially in snow

It is beautiful!

Too 😎...background stroll with em showing the scene. This video is GOAT.

Beautiful.

Awww, so cute! He ate right out of your hand! How sweet!

That’s Awesome, thank u for sharing the cool Footage 👍 nice greeting from Brooklyn NYC 🤝

That is so cool. Beautiful Bird !

I have a cardinal couple living in our back yard. I wish I could feed them like that.

Oh gosh I have been diagnosed with cured depression

What a cute baby

WOW amazing. You're lucky man👍

Now that is cool.

That is adorable and WOW! Is this your backyard? Looks like Heaven.....thank you for sharing this amazing video! Cardinals are so gorgeous and how fast it separates the shell from the food!

Good cardinal

It’s a dream come true to feed wild from hand♥️♥️♥️

AMAZING

This Gives me Peace ,,,Thank you

This vid just popped up in my feed and it brought me to tears. Thank you for posting this. 🥰 I love Cardinals so much, as did my dad who passed a few yrs ago (we even had a Cardinal "theme" for his memorial.) For that exquisite creature to trust you enough to eat from your hand has to be a supernatural experience! (I'd be shaking so much from joy that he'd probably leave within seconds!) My neighborhood Cardinals flee when I get anywhere near them, even when I'm innocently just working in the yard. The chickadees will come closer and chirp at me, especially as I'm filling the feeder, but never got one to eat from my hand. 😕

Congratulations you are now a Disney princess 👑

OMG that is wonderful glad I did a search and found your channel. Just caught one of my daily visitors (Daddy and his kid come in the morning) Cardinal grab a Carpenter bee in midair amazing!

My favorite bird is the Bluejays but I really like Cardinals too 😂 they're cute

wonderful!!! it must have taken you a lot of patience to get him to trust you that much ...but well worth it , well done fantastic !!! beautiful bird.

Everything about this video is majestic besides the sidewalk, give us more River Backdrop with the bird!!

I love this!! TY

This is one of my fav videos.

Was stunned at the end, you had the camera literally at his face and he still sat there for a bit.

Amazing video.

Beautiful! Thank you!

When this video began playing i wasn’t looking at the screen. When it began playing it scared me because it was so loud and sounded like tv “snow”. When I looked it was the water in the background.

I am videoing a cardinal family from my kitchen window along with a garter snake encounter co parenting and beautiful shots of this amazing bird

He's just beautiful! You're a very lucky guy to have that kind of trust.

To put things in perspective, I own an Australian Grasskeet that I've had since he was a juvenile-At that point he had female coloration. He always rushes to the front of the cage to see me when I enter the room, but will only hop on my finger/hand when I'm changing the food and water in his cage. Then is his show of aggression, he "bites" (actually more like a nibble) to let me know I've entered his domain.

I love birds.

Soo cute.

So, amazing! How beautiful that mail cardinal is!

Lucky you, I am jus so happy to see than and the Blue Jays fly off with peanuts from my window feeders.

this video really comforted me while i was very distressed and had no one else. thank you

Good job. They're normally quite shy right?

He so Handsome!

So beautiful. I recently put out a new feeder. Today I noticed a new nest in a bush nearby and a male and female coming and going. No eggs yet. I'm excited

Congratulations! A Cardinal 😍. Thank you for sharing it. This definitely works better to try for the first time during late fall and winter. I came up with an idea and it's working (video on my channel) hopefully soon I'll be able to feed a Cardinal too.

That is amazing. Beautiful footage. Thanks for the share.

Really!! That is my dream. Hope I can feed it like that.

That was like watching someone eat watermelon and spitting the seeds. They are gorgeous birds. Wish we had them here in Utah. :-)

Amazing!

Very cool, then fly away when I show up!

This relaxes me 😊

Every Cardinal lovers dream.

Almost looks unreal. These guys would never let you get anywhere close to them. I am photographer, I tried. I have a bird feeder and every time they come over the moment I am in my kitchen 10 feet away separated with a glass window they fly away. Same with Blue Jays. The squirrel doesn't seem to care as long as I don't go outside. So this video is amazing to me.

I love how you can feed a cardinal out of your own hand. 😀

Mighty Bird ............ St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Cardinals, Lousville Cardinals

Wonder if this has to do with their range is the SE US and they couldn't expand that far North without bird feeders and nice folks like you helping when their food is covered by snow. I also have a family of these I've been spending my days with by living on my porch the last 2 months. Neighbors probably think I'm crazy. Maybe I am. But the father I've gotten within a few feet. The mother not so much. But they are incredible birds.

My favorite bird ! I really think my dad sends me the brightest cardinals, blue jays and canaries just to let me know he's watching over me and keeping me safe. Every time I see one, I know he's letting me he loves me even though the separation between us will last (in my understanding) a while.

OMG how did you get that beautiful boy to eat from your hand? How? I want to hug that red beautiful cardinal. I just love them so much!

This is awesome

I love this!! I’m befriending a red cardinal couple in my back yard and I hope to connect with them like this ❤️

That is so cool. Thank you for posting.

Wow I love this video, I live in corpus Christi texas and there is a place called goose island by rockport texas and I went there to see cardinals and bought sunflower seeds but it didnt work, but that's ok hee hee

Great this takes time. I have tufted titmice eating out of my hand and black capped chickadees too. We havetwo mates of a female cardinal and a male and both land fairly close to see the birds.

I didnt think that was possible until i googled and then looked up this. I have a pair of cardinals in my yard i feed them safflower seed, they love it. But even the slightest movement from within my house window they get skittish and fly away. I would love it if they landed on my hand and fed. Chickadees i have had better success, albeit from a park where they are used to it

Margaret has returned

Food is scares during these winter times, that's probably why it allowed you to feed it

Dang, after I crack the shell I still have to spit it out and split it with my fingers to get the seed. You win this round Cardinal.

i loved it

WOW!!! I am shocked, amazed, even a lil jealous! How many years did it take to get to THAT level of trust? Getting those shy guys to even come anywhere near is nearly impossible! Even after 2 years of our regular early morning and late night seeds and singing, Pretty Papa still keeps a good 10-20 feet between us! I've never even tried to hand feed him tho... lucky you, that right there is phenomenal

Beautiful bird and amazing video!!!!! Can't believe you got him to eat out of your hand like that!

What a beautiful bird and it's amazing how he stays right with you no fear at all. You have the magic touch. It take ages for animals to warm up to me though I much prefer them to people lol .Great footage ,in fact great channel everything is well filmed!

This was such a relaxing video 😊

haa thats awesome espescially the close ups at end

How cute

Amazing! I hand feed the littlebirds but cardinal always stay a few feet away. They call to me from the cedars, I put seeds on the deck railing but have to step back to let them come eat. Meanwhile a chickadee will be perched on my head!

Beautiful

Beautiful! Too bad the Cardinals gave the BILLS a loss

OMG Pete, thank you so much for your response. That video is so amazing. I just love it!

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